Question

Look at the folowing sentences. The missing words are either nouns, adjectives or verbs. Fill in the blanks wich the correct part of speech.



1) Chris is having __(noun) getting started.
2) Read the advice his friend ___ him.
3) Getting ___ is the commonest trouble.
4) What you have to ___ is try not to ___ words to come and that's too ____.
5) Just make a ____ off all the things.
6) Later we'll ____ out the right order.

2) Read the text and choose the most appropiate word from the box to fill in the blanks according to the context. Use your answers to Exercise 1 to help you.

hard, gives, force, figure, list, do, problems, struck

Chris wants to write a letter to his mum but is having _____(1) getting started. Read the advice his friend _____(2) him.
Getting _____(3) is the commonest trouble of all. Usually, your mind gets struck when you're trying to do too many things at once. What you have to ____(4) is try not to ____(5) words to come. That just gets you more struck. What you have to do now is separate out the things and do them one at a time. You're trying to think of what to say and what to say first at the same time, and that's too _____(6). So separate them out. Just make a _____(7) of all the things you want to say in any old order. Then later we'll ____(8) out the right order.
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.


3) Match these expressions with their definitons.

1) a shoulder to cry on
2) too hand to handle
3) to get to know someone better
4) to find a way out of something
5) to keep a secret
6) let's face it
7) to do something on purpose
8) to give someone a change

a) to not tell anyone
b) to become closer to someone
c) someone from whom you get sympathy
d) too difficult to deal wich
e) to give someone an opportunity or possibility to do something
f) to find a solution to something
g) to do something internationally
h) we should accept it

doar rasp, fara enunt. ms ;)

Answer 1

1.

1. ??
2. gave
3. started
4. do
5. force
6. hard
7. list
8. figure

2. la fel

3. 1- c
2- d
3- b
4- f
6- h
7- g
8- e