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Exercises

Which of their several meanings do these underlined verbs have?
1 He went on composing music till his eighties. continued
2 She was so suspicious that she used to go through his pockets every night.
3 The dog went for the postman.
4 The actor's interpretation of Hamlet was interesting but it didn't quite come off.
5 He has a new book coming out in June.
6 I wish you'd stop going on at me!
7 I was sure he'd go for a sports car.
8 I went through three pairs of tights this weekend.

89.2 Choose one of the expressions in B to complete each of the sentences.
1 I found it really hard to make up my mind but in the end I came ................................
2 When his grandmother dies, he'll come ..................................................
3 I love it in spring when my cherry tree comes ..................................................
4 Halfway up the hill, the bus came ..................................................
5 They say that long skirts are coming ................................................. again.
6 The telephone first came ................................................. over a hundred years ago.
7 They disagreed so strongly that I was afraid they'd come ...........................................
8 As we rounded the corner the house came ................... .... ....................

89.3 Replace the underlined expressions with one of the expressions in D.
I I don't need to say that we wish you all the best in the future.
2 They took great pains to avoid meeting each other.
3 I've been movin~ around all day and I'm longing for a shower now.
4 His school-teachers always said that he would be a success in life.
5 I don't think you'll be able to push the car on your own. Let me u.
6 The film is quite good up to a point but it doesn't tackle the problem deeply enough.

89.4 Which answer on the right fits each question on the left?
I Why is she looking so miserable? Any time after eight.
2 Did anything new come up at the meeting? The firm went bankrupt.
3 When does your alarm clock usually go off? A bit of a fight, I think.
4 What's the worst pain you've ever gone through? From a doting aunt.
5 How did he come by so much money? Seven thirty, normally.
6 When should I come round to your place? Only Jack's proposal.
7 What's going on over there? When I pulled a ligament.

Complete the following sentences in any appropriate way.
1 I'm sure they'll make a go of their new clothes boutique because ...
2 The stain won't come out unless you ...
3 Those shoes don't go with ...
4 I never want to go through.. .
5 As the party went on ...
6 It is not easy to come to terms with ...
7 The interview committee came to the conclusion that ...
8 I came across not only some old letters in the attic ...

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