Not a matter of life and death (c)

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Note: all the uses of the verblive‘ 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.
    (correct)