Not a matter of life and death (c)
Note: all the uses of the verb ‘live‘ below use versions which rhyme with ‘give’.
Life is the noun and rhymes with ‘wife’ or ‘knife’.
1. [Match]
See if you can link the definitions with these examples of the use of words associated with life or living and death or dying!
Answers for Quiz [1].
- 1. have just enough money to live on and nothing extra (correct)
- 2. She’s dying to meet you! (correct)
- 3. a way of living which is full of excitement, activity and often danger
(correct) - 4. Such is life. (correct)
- 5. people who are about to die (correct)
- 6. Strange – he’s usually the life and soul of the party.
(correct) - 7. informal greeting (correct)
- 8. Habits die hard.
(correct) - 9. – of a person or prject – survive longer than expected (correct)
- 10. Lettuce has a very short shelf life.
(correct) - 11. looking expressionless or serious
(correct) - 12. There’s an exhibition of still lifes on in Liverpool.
(correct) - 13. result which shows no difference in time or achievement between two or more competitors. (correct)
- 14. She’s decided to live it up for a while now that she’s living in London and earning a good salary. (correct)
- 15. Life is very pleasant – or ironic, meaning life is tough. (correct)
- 16. He started life from a background of low life.
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