3. Cheer

1 They rose to _______________________ the speaker.

2 One whisper of happiness ______________________ me.

3 We were greatly ____________________ by the positive response of the public.

4 The general’s speech _________________ vigour in the men.

5 A great _____________________ went up from the crowd.

6 _______________________ crowds greeted their arrival.

7 My parents have always ____________________me in my choice of career.

8 Three _________________________ for the winners!

9 The House ______________________ more tumultuously than ever.

10 Bright curtains can ________________ up a dull room.

4. GO

1 Things are _______________ ________ nicely.

2 I want a rope that will ________________ from the top window to the ground.

3 Did everything _____________________ smoothly?

4 How should I _________________ _________finding a job?

5 Despite the threat of war, people _______________ ________their business as usual.

6 They ____________ _______ each other furiously.

7 He _____________ ___________ the events of the day in his mind.

8 That’s a good rule to __________________ ________.

9 He never ___________ _________ _______his word.

10 We need to ___________ _______the question of costs.

5. Rattle

1 From the kitchen came a _______________ of cups and saucers.

2 Small stones __________________on the underside of the car.

3 Her questions about my private life ________________me.

4 She ____________________ through her speech in five minutes.

5 A window __________________ in the wind.

6 She can ________________ ______ the names of all the presidents of the US.

7 At every meeting she __________________ _____for hours.

8 I paid so little attention to the talk of this _____________.

9 He was clearly ____________by the question.

10 She ___________________ the pupil for his unwillingness to answer.

6. Reduce

1 The world’s resources are rapidly _______________________.

2 People say ‘living in _______________circumstances’ to avoid saying ‘poor’.

3 The number of new students ________________ from 210 to 160 this year.

4 ________________________ speed now ( = on a sign).

5 The noise began to _______________________.

6 Hunger had _______________________ the poor dog to skin and bone.

7 His influence has ____________________ with time.

8 They were _____________________to begging in the streets.

9 The goods are sold at a great ____________________ in price.

10 We can _____________________ the problem to two main issues.

5.4. Unscramble the following sentences.

1. Annoy

1 was/ joking/ her/constant /beginning/annoy/ his/ to .

2 the / schools /kids /might /changing /unsettle.

3 really/way/me/ that/puts/on / irritates /accent /the /she .

4 still/ the /vexed/ conversation /him/of /their/memory.

5 an/the/ found /constant/ traffic/ he/ the / of / noise/annoyance.

2. Chatter

1 the /gibbering / cowered / with /corner / in / terror /he.

2 a / babbling /language / in/ they / were / all / foreign /away .

3 café /experiences/ we / a / for /our /chatting /in /sat /about / hours .

4 so / two/ me / did/ see/you / even/ much/ gabbing / were / that / not /you .

5 the /could/ in/ birds/only / trees/ were/ sounds/ we /chattering / the/ the/ hear .