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ADV Expert Units 8+9

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  • have a ______ IQ
    high
    bold
    great
    clever
  • not completely conscious of what is happening
    mixed up
    spaced out
    far-out
    zoned in
  • a reduction in the amount or success of something, such as a country's economic activity
    downturn
    downgrade
    downfall
  • He has been banned from entering the building. (ALLOWED)                               Under no ___________________________ to enter the building.
    circumstances does he be allowed
    circumstances he is allowed
    circumstances he is to be allowed
    circumstances is he allowed
  • A long time ago
    A lot of moons ago
    Planets ago
    Many moons ago
    A blue moon ago
  • It didn’t say anything about the extra charges in the brochure. (ANYTHING)                        Nowhere in _________________________ about the extra charges.
    the brochure it said anything
    the brochure did it say anything
    the brochure was it said anything
    the brochure said it anything
  • to see something or someone for a very short time or only partly
    notice
    glimpse
    view
    glance
  • not very often
    out of this world
    once in a blue moon
    everything under the sun
    be over the moon
  • The cost of living is far higher now than it used to be. (THAN) Everything costs considerably ___________________________ .
    higher now than it used to
    the highest than it's ever been
    less now than it used to
    more now than it used to
  • used to say that you do not think that something is very difficult to do or to understand
    It's not rocket science
    It's not a piece of cake
    It's not astrophysics
    It's not engineering
  • to have only enough money to pay for the basic things
    scrape down
    scrape through
    scrape under
    scrape by
  • You don’t often meet people who have taught themselves Chinese. (ANYONE)                    Rarely ___________________________ taught themselves Chinese.
    do you meet anyone who has
    do you meet anyone who
    you don't meet anyone who has
    you often meet anyone who has
  • take a close _____
    view
    look
    glance
    glimpse
  • He will not forget to collect us from the airport. (ACCOUNT)  On ____________________ collected from the airport.
    no account will we not be
    no account we will not be
    no account will he not forget to be
    no account he won't forget
  • If I had the option, I’d choose happiness over wealth. (PREFER)                                                I _______________________ wealthy
    would prefer to be happy than
    would prefer happiness rather than
    would prefer being happy than
    would prefer to be happy rather than
  • As the hours passed I became increasingly worried about them. (LATER) The ___________________________ worried about them
    later it became, the more
    later it was, the more I
    later it got, the more I
    later the hours passed, the more increasingly I
  • to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration
    view
    gaze at
    glance at
    notice