English worksheets & lessons for beginners
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Exercise 14
Complete the expressions below with these words:
blame | mean | fault | realise | more | help
1. What can I say?
2. I didn’t to do it.
3. I couldn’t it.
4. It wasn’t my .
5. Don’t me.
6. I didn’t .
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Exercise 13
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
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Exercise 12
Use the following words to complete the idioms in the sentences below:
nerves | enough | crazy | death | straw
1. Will you please stop interrupting? You‘re driving me
2. Will you shut up? You’rc really getting on my
3. We had just’about of this. My train has been late every day this week.
4. Right, that’s the last . The food was cold, the wine was warm and now they’ve got the bill wrong. I’m going to call the manager and complain.
5. I’m sick to of this. If they ask me to work on Saturday morning again, I’m quitting the job.
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Exercise 11
Match up the halves of these more formal sentences. Notice the nouns in colour.
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Exercise 10
Look at the following expressions and decide if you say them when somebody is happy (H) or sad (S):
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Exercise 9
Use the correct form of these verbs in the sentences below:
laugh | frown | cry | smile | moan
1. Come on, everybody! ! I’m trying to take a picture.
2. When Keith told that story about the time he was stuck in a lift, it was so funny, I couldn’t stop .
3. Diana’s very upset. I can hear her upstairs in her room.
4. It wasn’t a very relaxing holiday. My husband about everything! First it was the hotel, and then it was the rain. Then, when the sun did come out, it was too hot! I wish we’d stayed at home!
5. Why do you keep ? Is something the matter? Are you unhappy about something?
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Exercise 8
We use a lot of idiomatic expressions when we are talking about people’s moods. Complete the expressions with these nouns:
heart | world | tears | joy | moon
1. We won 3-0 today. It was a great result. We’re over the
2. My Dad was killed in a car accident when he was 30. It broke my mother’s
3. When we heard we‘d managed to get tickets for their only UK concert, we were jumping for
4. I knew she was upset, but it took me by surprise when she suddenly burst into
5. I can‘t believe how lucky I am. I’m so happy. I’m on top of the
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Exercise 7
Use these expressions in the situations below:
1. You’re off to the Caribbean tomorrow, aren’t you?
> Yes, I’m so excited. .
2. I hear you spilled your coffee all over the table at the meeting yesterday.
> Yeah! I was so embarrassed. .
3. Are you going to fill in that job application this evening?
> No, . I’m too tired.
4. A cow in the garden! You must have been a bit surprised.
> I was! .
5. The snake you’re holding in this photo is enormous. Weren’t you frightened?
> Yes, I was. .
1. You’re off to the Caribbean tomorrow, aren’t you?
> Yes, I’m so excited. I can’t wait.
2. I hear you spilled your coffee all over the table at the meeting yesterday.
> Yeah! I was so embarrassed. I went bright red.
3. Are you going to fill in that job application this evening?
> No, I can’t be bothered. I’m too tired.
4. A cow in the garden! You must have been a bit surprised.
> I was! I couldn’t believe my eyes.
5. The snake you’re holding in this photo is enormous. Weren’t you frightened?
> Yes, I was. I was scared stiff.
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Exercise 6
Complete the following sentences with these propositions:
by | about | of
1. I’m afraid dogs.
2. I’m really nervous the test tomorrow.
3. You should be ashamed yourself.
4. There’s nothing to worry .
5. It took me surprise.
6. Well done! We’re so proud you.
7. I’m tired doing the same thing day after day. I need a change.
8. I was quite shocked the way he reacted.
9. I wish I hadn’t been so horrible to Ruth now. I feel really guilty it.
1. I’m afraid of dogs.
2. I’m really nervous about the test tomorrow.
3. You should be ashamed of yourself.
4. There’s nothing to worry about.
5. It took me by surprise.
6. Well done! We’re so proud of you.
7. I’m tired of doing the same thing day after day. I need a change.
8. I was quite shocked by the way he reacted.
9. I wish I hadn’t been so horrible to Ruth now. I feel really guilty about it.
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Exercise 5
Complete the following dialogues with these words:
amazed | disgusted | exhausted | horrified | stunned | terrified
1. You must have been quite frightened when the pilot announced that he was going to land in Kuwait.
> I was absolutely .
2. Did you say you saw people in the sea?
> Yes! In the middle of winter! I was absolutely .
3. What a long day! You must be tired.
> I’m absolutely .
4. Did you see the news last night? English football fans in trouble again! I don’t know what they’re thinking about.
> Yes, I was absolutely . I just don’t understand why they have to do it.
5. I hear Tony’s just lost his job. How’s he taking it?
> He was absolutely . He thought he had a job for life.
6. Did you read about the murder of that little girl?
> Yes, I think the whole country is that that sort of thing can happen.