II. Choose the right word.
1. This idiom is very seldom used nowadays. It is… (up-to-date/ old-fashioned).
2. I don’t often play the piano I am out of… (practice/practise).
3. I don’t think Mr Potter will be able to understand all the reports. He doesn’t know French.
We’ll need a… (a translator /an interpreter).
4. What is the usual…( dictionary/ vocabulary) of an average five-year-old child?
5. It took me a very long time to get…(over/ down) the shock of her death.
6. She thought she heard a name. She couldn’t (get/make) it out.
Answers & Comments
1. This idiom is very seldom used nowadays. It is old-fashioned.
2. I don’t often play the piano I am out of practice.
3. I don’t think Mr Potter will be able to understand all the reports. He doesn’t know French.
We’ll need a translator.
4. What is the usual vocabulary of an average five-year-old child?
5. It took me a very long time to get overthe shock of her death.
6. She thought she heard a name. She couldn’t make it out.