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b Complete the list of definitions below.
get_____________: to overcome (difficulty, fear etc.)
get_____________: to become up to date with something
get_____________: to survive, deal with, manage
get_____________: to start using
get_____________: to finish or work through something challenging
get_____________: to leave
get_____________: to create, form (groups)
get_____________: to join up, come together
get_____________: to finally begin (work) after much waiting
get_____________: to return
GRAMMAR REVISION
REPORTED QUESTIONS
17 Read the text below and add the word which best fits each space.
I have just been through the annual humiliation of buying a swimming
costume.
When I was young, some were designed for the fuller figure and did a good
job. I wondered (1) ______I would find anything suitable. After all, today's
stretch fabrics are styled for a flatter shape. I saw one floral costume and (2)
______ if I should try it on. I looked like a hippopotamus! The sales assistant
tried to be kind. She wanted (3) ______ know where I (4) _______ going for my
holidays and how long I (5) _______ be away. At last she gave up and
suggested (6) _______ I looked for something in the maternity department to
cover my 'mature hips'. I said that I would go there the (7) _______ day. I'll
never have any luck, I (8) ______ as I walked home.
The next day I did find a plain blue costume and the assistant invited me to enter
the chamber of horrors known as the fitting room. As I pulled the costume on, I
stared in disbelief my whole bust had disappeared under my armpits! A
young sales girl was standing at the exit. She asked me rather rudely (9)
_______ I was going to buy the costume or (10) _______. I pushed it into her
hands and fled.
18 Read the following text carefully. Some of the lines are correct but
in the others there is a word which should not be there. If the sentence is
correct, tick (√) it. If there is an incorrect word in the sentence, write it at
the end in the space provided. The first two are given as examples.
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