Complete the following sentences using appropriate words indicating change.
1I go to work by car and my neighbour goes by bus. I usually ............... there first.
Wrong!
Use "get" to mean arrive at a place.
2Can you tell me how to ............... to the railway station?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "go" and "get" can ask about the route to a place, so "go" and "get" are correct here.
3Leaves ............... brown in autumn.
Wrong!
Use "go" for some colour changes in nature, especially in "go brown".
4He ............... bald in his early twenties.
Wrong!
The common expression for losing your hair is "went bald".
5Without noticing it, he ............... old.
Wrong!
Use "grew" for a gradual natural change such as becoming old.
6When they ............... rich, they began to ignore their old friends.
Wrong!
Use "grew" for a gradual change in state, as in becoming rich.
7Everything that King Midas touched ............... into gold.
Wrong!
Use "turned" in the phrase "turned into gold".
8He taught in a college for twenty years before ............... writer.
Wrong!
Use "turning" before a profession without an article in this formal style.
Answers
- I go to work by car and my neighbour goes by bus. I usually get there first.
- Can you tell me how to go / get to the railway station?
- Leaves go brown in autumn.
- He went bald in his early twenties.
- Without noticing it, he grew old.
- When they grew rich, they began to ignore their old friends.
- Everything that King Midas touched turned into gold.
- He taught in a college for twenty years before turning writer.
