Vocabulary building 2

Fill in the missing word in the sentence below. Choose from the following.
Put someone’s back up and pull someone’s leg by the ear
Live from hand to mouth, pay through the nose, pick someone’s brain
Lose one’s head gives someone the cold shoulder, tight-fisted
Lose heart tongue-twisted tongue-tied
Keep your hair on! Be up in arms over something tongue-in-cheek.

1. To…………………………………means that you spend all your money as soon as you get it and never save for the future. You just live from day to day.
2. If you play a musical instrument………………………………….it means you play it without using printed music to play it from memory.
3. To………………………………means to become discouraged.
4. To……………………………...means to be very angry or to protest very strongly about something.
5. If a person is……………………….he or she is too shy or nervous to speak.
6. To……………………………..means to make someone angry or annoyed.
7. To…………………………….means to panic or lose control of oneself.
8. A……………………………..person is someone who is very mean.
9. To……………………………means that you ignore him or her and threaten him or her in an unfriendly way.
10. If you say to someone “………………………………..” you mean “keep calm!” or “don’t get angry.”
11. To…………………………..means to talk to someone about a problem to make use of his or her knowledge or ideas.
12. If you…………….........for something, it means that you give more money to something than it is worth.










Complete the following nouns with the appropriate adjectives provided in the box.
1. A……………….town
2. A……………….action
3. A……………….servant
4. A……………….head
5. The……………crown
6. The……………sea
7. ………………….water
8. A……………….author
9. A……………….country
10. ………………….waves
11. The……………ocean
12. A……………….mountain
13. A……………….problem
14. A……………….dog
15. …………………hedges
16. A………………pillow
17. A………………climate
18. A………………empire
19. A………………sword
20. …………………cheeks
21. A………………street
22. A……………..accident

Rough, famous , deep, tricky green
Long, cold, mild fatal
Busy, huge, sharp , faithful, soft
Barking royal bald populous steep
Mighty Heroic Hollow is a famous, incredible







Fill in the missing word in the sentence below. Choose from the following.
Put someone’s back up and pull someone’s leg by the ear
Live from hand to mouth, pay through the nose, pick someone’s brain
Lose one’s head gives someone the cold shoulder, tight-fisted
Lose heart tongue-twisted tongue-tied
Keep your hair on! Be up in arms over something tongue-in-cheek.

1. Living from hand to mouth means spending all your money as soon as you get it and never saving for the future. You just live from day to day.
2. If you play a musical instrument by ear, it means you play it without using printed music to play it from memory.
3. To lose heart means to become discouraged.
4. To be up in arms over something means to be very angry or to protest strongly about something.
5. If a person is tongue-tied, he or she is too shy or nervous to speak.
6. To put someone’s back up means to make someone angry or annoyed.
7. To lose one’s head means to panic or lose control of oneself.
8. A tight-fisted person is someone who is very mean.
9. To give someone the cold shoulder means that you ignore him or her and threaten him or her in an unfriendly way.
10. If you say to someone, “Keep your hair on!” you mean, “Keep calm!” or “Don’t get angry.”
11. To pick someone’s brain means to talk to someone about a problem to use his or her knowledge or ideas.
12. If you pay through the nose for something, you are giving more money to something than it is worth.










Complete the following nouns with the appropriate adjectives provided in the box.
1. A busy town
2. A heroic action
3. A faithful servant
4. A bald head
5. The royal crown
6. The deep sea
7. Coldwater
8. A famous author
9. A populous country
10. Rough waves
11. The incredible ocean
12. A huge mountain
13. A problematic problem
14. A barking dog
15. Hollow hedges
16. A free pillow
17. A mild climate
18. A mighty empire
19. A sharp sword
20. Soft cheeks
21. A long street
22. A fatal accident

Rough, famous , deep, tricky green
Long, cold, mild fatal
Busy, huge , sharp, faithful, soft
Barking royal bald populous steep
Mighty Heroic Hollow is a famous, incredible


By Elizabeth Septiani Munandar & Isa Dora
Revised by Didit

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