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Go, get, grow and turn: exercise

February 23, 2013 - A2pdf

Complete the following sentences using appropriate words indicating change.

Progress 0 of 8 answered
1I go to work by car and my neighbour goes by bus. I usually ............... there first.
Wrong!
2Can you tell me how to ............... to the railway station?
Wrong!
3Leaves ............... brown in autumn.
Wrong!
4He ............... bald in his early twenties.
Wrong!
5Without noticing it, he ............... old.
Wrong!
6When they ............... rich, they began to ignore their old friends.
Wrong!
7Everything that King Midas touched, ............... into gold.
Wrong!
8He taught in a college for twenty years before ............... writer.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/8

Answers

  1. I go to work by car and my neighbour goes by bus. I usually get there first.
  2. Can you tell me how to get to the railway station?
  3. Leaves go brown in autumn.
  4. He went bald in his early twenties.
  5. Without noticing it, he grew old.
  6. When they grew rich, they began to ignore their old friends.
  7. Everything that King Midas touched, turned into gold.
  8. He taught in a college for twenty years before turning writer.
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