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Collocations: Describing People
Which of the words below go together with the words from the sentences (1-13)?
eyebrows teeth smile eyes hair
skin cheeks lips chin face
nose build ears
1. Bushy, thick, raised, arched, curved _______________.
2. Receding, wavy, curly, straight, spiky ________________.
3. Double, dimpled, square, round, or pointed ____________.
4. Heavy, muscular, medium, stocky ________________.
5. White, crooked, protruding ________________.
6. Silky, smooth, glowing, rough, callused, dry____________.
7. Long, square, wrinkled, freckled, sun-tanned, oval________________.
8. Large, small, almond-shaped, slanted, puffy, squinty _____________.
9. Cold, beaming, cheery, charming, broad _______________.
10. Red, pale, rosy, soft, sunken _______________.
11. Long, pointed, huge, hooked __________________.
12. Small, large, low, pointed _______________.
13. Full, thin, cupid, downturned, upturned _______________.
Types of People - Descriptive Collocations
Which of the words below go together with the words from the sentences (1-1O)?
girly girl slow poke eager beaver busy bee air
head sleepy head copy cat control freak
penny-pincher ladies man
1. Sally always complains that her little brother is a ________________ . He wants to do whatever she does.
2. Dave is such a _________________ .We’ll never get to the party on time!
3. My boss is a _________________ .She's always watching every little detail of my work.
4. Julie’s mom is such a __________________. She gave her only $3 to spend on our class trip to the amusement park.
5. Sue slept until 1pm! What a ________________.
6. Marie doesn’t know how to turn on a computer or a DVD player. What an __________________!
7. l asked Tim to paint the garage. He’s such an ___________ that he'll get it done quickly.
8. lt’s surprising that Jan is such a ___________________. Her father raised her and her two brothers alone.
9. Cora is completely ready for her daughter’s wedding. She's been shopping, cleaning and baking for weeks. What
a_________________________ she’s been.
10. Mike’s a real ____________________. He’s out with a different girl every night
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Exercise A: Fear idioms
The idioms below describe fear. Which of the idioms describe the way a frightened person looks (you can say a person
is frightened by his/her facial expression or body movements)? Which ones are pointing to the way a frightened person
feels (this is an inner feeling that is not always obvious to the naked eye)? Which expression/expressions can mean
both?
have goose bumps jump out of skin be scared to death
turn as white as a ghost shake like a leaf hair stands on end
break into cold sweat blood turns cold
someone/something sends chills down one’s spine Look like a deer caught in
headlights
looking frightened feeling frightened looking or feeling frightened
have goose bumps hair stands on end
Exercise B: Fear idioms
Fill in the blanks with the missing part of the idiom.
down my spine death turned cold of my skin cold sweat
on end a ghost bumps a leaf a deer caught in
headlights
1, l got scared to _____________ when a stranger with his hands inside the pockets of his coat approached me.
2. l saw a white flying object hanging in the sky yesterday. lt was neither a plane nor a bird, Could it have been a UFO
(unidentified flying object)? l get goose _____________________ every time l tell people about it.
3. Melanie broke into____________________ when she realized she left her passport at home. Her plane was about to
take off in an hour.
4. My blood____________________________ when l heard about a shooting in a local school.
5. Just the sound of the dental drill was enough to send chills ______________________.
6. Someone's heavy breathing and loud footsteps made me jump out __________________.
7. Jami is afraid of heights. She was shaking like ______________________when she was crossing the bridge a
hundred meters up from the river.
8. He looked like____________________________ when the policeman asked him about his whereabouts on that day.
9. The accused turned as white as __________________ and was really shaking when the witness was giving her
testimony.
10. My hair stood _______________________ when I realized this huge bulldog was unleashed!
