Exercise 9. Fill in the blanks with the word best suited to the context from those in brackets
Fill in the blanks with the word best suited to the context from those in brackets.
A (dress – wear – put on)
1. People do not …………. very long coats nowadays.
2. Students normally ………… very informally.
3. I took a bath, …………… and went out.
4. They usually ………… jeans and sweaters.
5. There is someone at the door. You’d better …….. your dressing-gown ….
before you open it.
6. She didn’t want to ……………. her raincoat and took an umbrella instead.
7. Yesterday at her brother’s birthday party she ………….. a very pretty blouse.
8. They were ………… in jeans and sweater.
9. I saw him …………… his new sweater in front of the mirror.
10. Employees are expected to ……… smart clothes to the office.
11. How were they …………….?
12. What were they …………….?
13. She took off her shoes and …………. her slippers.
14. She quickly ………. the child.
15. It’s informal. There is no need to ………. up.
B (fit – match – suit)
1. I think this plain cotton frock will ….… me, I want something for everyday wear.
2. You must buy grey gloves to ……… your hat.
3. This suit doesn’t ……….. you, it’s tight in the shoulders.
4. Buy a green hat, this colour …….. you more than any other.
5. The suit was badly made and didn’t …….. him properly.
6. That’s a nice dress. It ……. you perfectly.
7. The blue dress ................ her properly now she's lost some weight.
8. The blue of her dress ............ the blue of her eyes.
9. That blue dress ............. the girl with the blonde hair.
10. Her black bag …….. her shoes.
11. Red usually doesn’t ……… people with ginger hair.
12. Those shoes don’t …….. the boy any more. He’s grown out of them.
Exercise 10
Read each definition on the left-hand side. Circle the one word from the three boldfaced words that best matches the definition.
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