1. When you saw Jack at the dance, what did he..........?

1) wear                  2) have on           3) put on

2. My hands were so cold that I couldn't...........my coat buttons.

1) open               2) put out                       3)undo

3. Those trousers are far too big. Why don't you have them............ .

1) taken in 2) taken up         3) let in

4. I don't think that purple shirt..........with your yellow skirt.

1) suits                2) fits                              3) goes  

5. This jacket is the kind of thing I want. Can I.....……….....?

1) dress it            2) take it off                   3) try it on

6. You look really silly! Your pullover is on............

1) upside down 2) inside out             3) round and round   

7. I don't want a pattern. I prefer just a/an.............colour.

1) plain                   2) simple                         3)only

8. You look hot in that coat. Why don't you..............?

1) put it on 2) take it off 3) put it away   

Replace the verb underlined in each sentence with a verb from the list, so that the meaning stays the same. Change the tense where necessary.

call off pick up turn up come out look up put on take up

1. My radio doesn't pick up the ВВС World Service very easily.
2. Our school is going to put on The Beauty and The Beast next month.
3. The management called off the performance an hour before the opening.
4. I looked up the reference in the index.
5. I can't hear the radio. Can you turn it up?
6. Colin's new book coming out next week.
7. Ann has took up painting as a hobby.

Find the right word.

1. At school, the children have to wear a special appearance /style/ uniform.
2. If we go to the Embassy ball we'll have to wear fashion / formal / polite clothes.
3. I really like Jack's new dress/ sui t/ trouser.
4. In the summer I always wear shirts with short collars/ cuffs/ sleeves .
5. I didn't get wet in the rain because I put on my plastic mac / overcoat / tights.
6. When it snows Freda always wears a/an anorak/ glove/ scarf around her neck.
7. David had to stop three times to tie up his daughter's heels/ shoelaces / soles.
8. My hands were cold so I put them in my jacket/ pockets / turn-ups.
9. I don't like that dress, it isn't in fashion / mode/ style.
10.  Julie was given a lovely fur / hair/ skin coat for her birthday.
11. All the men at the wedding were wearing top caps/ hats / helmets.

Choose the most appropriate variant

1. Waiter, could you bring me my account/ bill /addition please?
2. It's a very popular restaurant - we should apply for/ book /keep a table.
3. If you're hungry, why not ask for a large dish/plate/ portion ?
4.  This fish is not what I called/commanded/ ordered .
5. This dish/ plate/serving is a speciality of our restaurant.
6. Have you decided what to have for your main course /food/helping?

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Legendary Stepping Stones

During the first half of the 19th century, the origin of Ireland's legendary Stepping Stones, an impressive series of regularly shaped stone columns, became the centre of a furious geological debate. On the one side were Vulcanites who believed that volcanoes were as old as the Earth and the basalt columns had been formed from volcanic lava. On the other side were the Neptunites who stated that volcanoes were geologically recent phenomena, and that the basalt rocks, because they were old, must have been formed by the minerals from sea water. The Vulcanites won the argument, and today geologists of reputation consider Stepping Stones to be volcanic in origin.

Stepping Stones are on the Northern coast of Ireland, some 80km northwest of Belfast, the country's capital. The columns spread along 275m of coast and reach as far as 150m into the sea. Most of the columns stand no higher than 6m, although some, such as the Giant's Organ (so named because of its resemblance to a church organ), reach some 12m. Many of the ancient columns lie broken on the beach, while others have been swallowed by the sea or buried in the ground.

Each individual column, shaped into a regular polygon, measures between 38cm and 50 cm across. Most are six-sided, while others may have four, five or as many as ten faces. When viewed from above, Stepping Stones resemble a street with regular paving stones - the columns fit together so exactly that it is difficult to insert a knife blade between them.

The flat-topped Isle of Staffa, lying 120km to the north of Stepping Stones, is also famous for its six-sided columns which encircle the island. Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English naturalist who accompanied Captain Cook on his 1768 voyage of exploration to the South Seas, brought the island to the public's attention in 1772. 'Compared to this,' he exclaimed, 'what are the cathedrals or the places built by man ... mere models or playthings.

A huge gothic cave penetrating some 60m into the island was named Fingal's Cave by Sir Joseph Banks after the legendary giant, Finn Gall. At low tide, the cave roof is about 18m above the water. At high tide, or during Atlantic storms, the water forced into the cave compresses the air and generates a rhythmic 'singing' sound. The young German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), who visited the Isle of Staffa in 1829, was so impressed by this sound he created his Fingal's Cave overturn the following year.

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