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Exercises

86.1 Match the words on the left with the words they collocate with on the right.

1 astroke h a lightning
2 ashower b coal
3 anarticle c grass
4 alump of d news
5 aflash e rain
6 ablade f clothing
7 anitem g thunder
8 arumble h luck

86.2 Change the uncountable nouns to countable nouns in the following sentences by using

piece, bit or one of the more specific words from B.

1 Couldyoubuymesomebread,please?Couldyoubuymealoafofbread,please?
2 MymothergavemesomeadvicethatIhavealwaysremembered.
3 Suddenlythewindalmostblewhimoffhisfeet.
4 Wehadsometerriblywindyweatherlastwinter.
5 Wouldyoulikesomemoretoast?
6 Heneverdoesanyworkatallinthehouse.
7 Let’sgotothepark-Ineedsomefreshair.
8 Icangiveyousomeimportantinformationaboutthat.
9 Wecouldseesmokehoveringoverthecityfromalongwayaway.
10 Ineedtogetsomefurnitureformyflat.

86.3 Use words from C opposite to fit the clues for the puzzle below.

1 Thereformsmeanthatthecountry’seducationsystemisin 1 F L U X
2
astateof atthemomentbuthopefullythings
willsoonsettledown.
2 Wearestillinastateof astowhohaswonthe 3
election.
3 Thecountry’sinfrastructureisinastateof 4
aftertheearthquake.
4 Wefellinlovewiththehousealthoughitwasinadreadful 5
stateof
5 Mygrannywouldn’tbeinsuchabadstateof
nowifshehadn’tsmokedallherlife.
6 Althoughthisissupposedtobeanaffluentsociety,many 6
peoplearestilllivinginastateof

86.4 Over to you

Make up sentence clues like those in 86.3 to match this puzzle.

1 2
F L A S H
R
3
S T R O K E

I
4
C L A P
L
5
B R E A T H
S

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