Can you find the word for…… exercise

By Rosamund Place | September 22, 2009

 

1. [Text]

What is the word in paragraph 1 which tells you this story is about someone’s dream?

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. idyll (correct)

2. [Text]

In paragraph 2 what word tells you there has been a lot of work to do in doing up this property?

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. extensive (correct)

3. [Text]

What are the words in paragraph 3 which indicate that this is a fight?

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. guerrilla warfare (correct)

4. [Text]

In paragraph 4 what idiom shows it has been difficult for the Cummings to do what they wanted to?

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. To leap through hoops (correct)

5. [Text]

In paragraph 5 what word describes being disgusted by something?

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. revolted (correct)

6. [Text]

Which words (paragraph 6) tell you the people concerned are not (yet) property-owners?

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. first-time buyers (correct)

7. [Text]

Which word means ‘permitting’ or ‘allowing’ (paragraph 7)

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. letting (correct)

8. [Text]

Which verb in paragraph 8 shows a determination to do something by force if necessary?

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. drive (correct)

9. [Text]

In paragraph 9, which phrase describes a serious waste or loss of money?

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. a drain on resources (correct)

10. [Text]

Which word in paragraph 10 describes skilled workmen?

Answers for Quiz [10].

  • 1. craftsmen (correct)

11. [Text]

Which noun in paragraph 11 reveals some French people admire the family?

Answers for Quiz [11].

  • 1. praise (correct)

12. [Text]

Which phrase conveys the idea that Mr Cummings has a lot of correspondence to answer (para 12)?

Answers for Quiz [12].

  • 1. His intray is packed with thick envelopes (correct)

13. [Text]

Which verb (paragraph 13) is used when someone is going to put sth into a building for the first time?

Answers for Quiz [13].

  • 1. install (correct)

14. [Text]

Which noun in paragraph 14 indicates that facts may not (yet, or ever!) be proved?

Answers for Quiz [14].

  • 1. suspicions (correct)

15. [Text]

Which 3 words make it clear that people have done something which was forbidden (paragraph 15)?

Answers for Quiz [15].

  • 1. in defiance of (correct)

16. [Text]

In paragraph 16, which verb means ‘to eat grass’?

Answers for Quiz [16].

  • 1. graze (correct)

17. [Text]

Can you find, (para 17), typical English understatements meaning ‘ he is most certainly not prepared’?

Answers for Quiz [17].

  • 1. He is not sure, however, if he is ready, just yet, (correct)
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