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This document provides examples of sentences with underlined words and instructions to replace or complete the underlined portions. It contains exercises on identifying the most appropriate word, replacing underlined words with synonyms, and completing sentences with verbs containing "up".

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Advanced Exercises

This document provides examples of sentences with underlined words and instructions to replace or complete the underlined portions. It contains exercises on identifying the most appropriate word, replacing underlined words with synonyms, and completing sentences with verbs containing "up".

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1 Underline the most appropriate word in each sentence.

a) After I drank a cup of black coffee I felt wide awake/awoken/woken.


b) These tablets may make you feel dazed/dozy/drowsy so don't drive.
c) I've been working for twelve hours and I feel exhausting/tiresome/worn out.
d) The doctor said I was all in/run down/stale and gave me some vitamins.
e) Bill's father is impaired/handicapped/invalid, and needs a wheelchair to get around.
f) After walking for miles over the mountains, my feet were limp/sore/sprained.
g) Ann needs a holiday. She has been under a lot of depression/pain/stress lately,
h) The authorities are worried about the increase in drug abuse/disuse/misuse.
i) I told the doctor that climbing the stairs left me catching/gasping/panting for breath.
j) Mary spent a week in bed with a/an attack/case/outbreak of rheumatism.
2 Replace the words underlined in each sentence with one of the words from the box.

crawling hobbling marching


staggering
tiptoeing
Dashing limping
rambling
strolling
wandering
a) I really enjoy walking for pleasure in the countryside.
b) After about six months babies start moving about on their hands and knees.
c) My sister was walking on the front part of her foot so as to make no noise along the corridor.
d) The injured player began walking with one leg more easily than the other off the pitch
e) The drunken man was moving unsteadily from one side of the street to the other
f) Nowadays soldiers have motorised transport and do little moving on foot.
g) There is nothing more pleasant than walking in a leisurely manner along the sea front
h) I've been moving very rapidly backwards and forwards all day and I'm exhausted
i) When I visit a new town I like walking with no particular purpose around looking at the sights
j) I wasn't used to so much walking, and ended up moving with difficulty home, with blisters on both
feet.
3 Verbs with up
Complete each sentence with the most appropriate word from the box.

dream sell slip wind hang dig take cheer tot link
a) I didn't expect anyone to ...take ............ up such an unsatisfactory offer.
b) Whoever it was on the phone decided to ....................... up when I answered.
c) A journalist managed to ....................... up some interesting facts about John.
d) If you're not careful, you'll ....................... up paying twice as much.
e) When they find out who has managed to ....................... up, there will be trouble!
f) The Russian expedition is hoping to ....................... up with the Americans.
g) Of course it's not true! He managed to ....................... up the whole thing.
h) If you ....................... up the figures again, I think you'll find I'm right.
i) Why don't you ....................... up! Things could be worse!
j) The company was not doing well so we decided to ....................... up.
4 Call
Complete each sentence with the most appropriate word from the box.

question halt names bar box mind duty attention blame close
a) The children were calling each other ..names. ........ in the playground.
b) The police called a ....................... to the investigation after they found the letter.
c) I found a call ....................... , but I didn't have the right change.
d) David studied the law for ten years before being called to the ......................
e) After the loss of our supplies, the whole expedition was called into ................................
f) That was a ....................... call! We nearly hit that lamp-post!
g) Well, I must be going ........................ calls, I'm afraid.
h) This kind of weather calls to ....................... the severe winter of 1946-47.
i) Don't feel guilty. You have no call to ....................... yourself.
j) I would like to call your ....................... to something you may have overlooked.

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