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a-z a-z Vocabulary 2

Phrasal Verbs
1 Circle the correct words.
1 I don’t want to stay in the graveyard by myself; please don’t leave me out / leave me behind!
2 Mary went to Mexico and brought back / brought about an interesting book about the Aztecs.
3 The White Lady of Castle Huntly is the ghost of a woman who passed down / passed away in the 17th century.
4 Look! Somebody has dug up / dug in one of the ancient graves!
5 Did you really think he’d cut the woman in half? I can’t believe you fell for / fell into that old trick.
6 I’ve been reading up on / reading out the Bermuda Triangle ... some bizarre things have happened there.

2 Now match the phrasal verbs you didn’t use in 1 with the meanings below and then write a sentence
using each one in your notebook.

1 : start doing something by chance
2 : give knowledge or teach skills to younger people
3 : say the words you are reading so people can hear them
4 : not include someone or something
5 : start eating hungrily
6 : make something happen

Commonly Confused Words
3 Complete the pairs of sentences with the words in bold.
1 odd rare
a That’s . This door has got a wall behind it.
b The historian is interested in books.
2 last latest
a The woman’s wish was to see her childhood home before she died.
b I’ve just finished Steven King’s book – I can’t wait for his next one.
3 strength power
a Werewolves have a strange ; they are people during the day and wolves at night.
b Samson had had the of many men until Delilah cut his hair.
4 prizes prices
a This bookshop has got great on books about aliens and UFOs.
b At the Halloween party, there will be for the people who look the scariest.
5 shade shadow
a It’s very hot. Let’s go and sit in the of that old tree.
b People say that vampires don’t have a .
6 affects effects
a We’re learning about the that the Europeans had on the Aztecs.
b A siren is a kind of mermaid. They say their singing sailors in a strange way.

Collocations & Expressions

4 Complete the sentences with these expressions with time.

at times be just like old times have the time of your life no time like the present
time and time again time waits for no man

1 There’s . Let’s clean out the attic right now.
2 Let’s have a Halloween party. It will when we were young.
3 I’ve told you to stay away from that old haunted house.
4 I feel like someone is watching me. It’s spooky!
5 I’m taking you on a ‘ghost tour’ of Edinburgh. You’ll !
6 ... nobody can stop it or make it go more slowly.

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