Unit 8 Exercise

Use the following words or phrases to ll in the blanks in these

sentences:
hobby | interested | patience | insist | e ort | courage
con dence | optimistic

1. She tried feeding her cat a salad, but it wasn’t ______________.

2. I feel ______________ that we will have more success this year.

3. My ______________ is taking pictures of people’s ears.

4. I ______________ that you get your camera out of my ear!

5. She listened to his boring story for an hour before she ran out of
______________.

6. It doesn’t take a lot of ______________ to do what everyone else is

doing.

7. I failed the test because I didn’t put enough ______________ into

studying.

8. Where do you get the ______________ to sing on stage in front of an

audience?

Use the following words or phrases to ll in the blanks in these

sentences:
modest | performer | relaxed | excited | noisy | one another
years old | well known

9. He is very famous but very ______________. He says he isn’t very

talented at all.

10. He was ______________ for his work discovering a treatment for

diabetes.
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11. I can’t think with all these children running around. They’re so
______________!

12. Why do you look so ______________ when you know how much
work we have to do?

13. I was excited to see my cousins after many years apart.

14. My twin brother and I give gifts to ______________ on our birthday.

15. We turned 26 ______________ this year.

16. She is a great ______________, because she can sing, dance, and
act on stage, as well as telling funny jokes.

Use the following words or phrases to ll in the blanks in these

sentences:
toy | give up | come true | discover | greeting | dream of
from now on | article

17. He had to ______________ smoking after his doctor told him to quit.

18. I ______________ riding a kangaroo in Australia one day.

19. The ______________ about me in the newspaper was mostly untrue.

20. That little girl loves her ______________ alligator and she takes it
wherever she goes.

21. I was late for school today, but I promise to get up earlier
______________.

22. She believes that if you wish for something hard enough, it will
eventually ______________.

23. In their culture, the standard ______________ is a kiss on both cheeks.

24. I don’t think we will ever ______________ how she disappeared

without a trace.
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