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Exercises

20.1 Match the nouns on the right with the verbs on the left to form common word partnerships.
(There is one noun you need to use twice.)

break (2) keep (2) the ball the law a cold
catch (3) give (2) me a hand a bus in touch
a record my regards to ...

20.2 Fill the gaps with the correct verb in these sentences.
1 Idon’t ..000..00... the point of spending a lot of money on tickets when we can watch the
concert on television.
PWN These boots should ................ your feet warm and dry.
Please ...00000..00.... my regards to your mother when you go back home.
Before we make a decision, let’s ................ what Patricia says.
COnINn If it’s too far to walk, we can ................ a bus.
I don’t know what the problem is, but I ................ getting headaches.
When I meet people on holiday I always promise to ................ in touch, but I never do.
I didn’t really enjoy the holiday because I ................ a cold on the second day and spent
most of the week sneezing and blowing my nose.
\o When you organise a conference or a course, I think you need something to ................
the ice, otherwise people are a bit nervous of each other.
10 Idon’t 0.0.00... the point of spending a lot of money on children’s clothes because they
only last for a few months and then they’re too small.

20.3 What expressions are represented by these pictures? Can you complete the sentences below?
Look at the example first. :

1 How did you .........0...ccccceecceteeeeteees ? 3 I decided to 20...
2 He agreed to oo... eects 4 He finally 000

20.4 Look through the key expressions in bold on the opposite page again. Can you translate
these expressions into your own language? If so, do you use the same verb in your own
language? Concentrate on the ones that are different.

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