9. Choose the right word to fill in the gaps.

1. Her hands were ___ from the coal dust.

a) grimy; b) dusty; c) grubby

2. Bobby, go and wash your ___ hands before sitting down to dinner.

a) filthy; b) dirty; c) dusty

3. The film is disgusting, it’s absolutely ___.

8. a) filthy; b) grimy; c) dirty

4. The room was in a terrible ___ with ___ of clothes lying about.

a) litter, a dump; b) disorder, stacks; c) mess, heaps

5. I rescued this vintage table from a rubbish ___.

a) dump; b) pile; c) stack

6. The yard is full of ___: bits of paper, cans and other rubbish cover it all over.

8. a) rubbish; b) litter; c) waste

7. We’re gradually developing more effective methods of household ___ disposal.

8. a) waste; b) refuse; c) litter

8. I do all domestic chores, from washing and ironing to taking out the ___.

a) garbage; b) waste; c) refuse

9. There was a ___ of rubbish in the corner of the bedroom.

a) dump; b) pile; c) stack

10. A ___ of leaves is a perfect place for a hedgehog to hide.

a) mound; b) pile; c) heap

11. The books were arranged in a neat ___ on her desk.

a) pile; b) heap; c) stack

12. The ___ fell over, and half of the plates and cups got broken

a) stake; b) heap; c) pile

13. The spade was left on the ground in the rain and now it’s all covered with ___.

a) dust; b) mud; c) garbage

14. The attic was thick with ___, as no one had cleaned it for years.

a) dust; b) dirt; c) mud

15. He ___ the dirt off the number plate with his sleeve.

a) polished; b) rubbed; c) wiped

16. Let me ___ the dust off your jacket.

a) brush; b) rub; c) sweep

17. We ___ our shoes on the doorstep to get the mud off them.

a) rubbed; b) scraped; c) polished

18. The only way to clean the box is to ___ it in soap and warm water.

a) brush; b) wipe; c) wash

19. He earned his living by ___ shoes in a hotel.

a) brushing; b) sweeping; c) polishing

20. I had to throw away the rug as it was ___ by a piece of burning coal that had fallen from the fire.

8. a) burnt; b) scorched; c) singed

21. The shirt is ruined – there’s a big ___ mark on the back.

8. a) burn; b) singe; c) scorch

22. All the clothes that were affected by radiation had to be ___.

8. a) burned; b) scorched; c) incinerated

23. The flames were hot enough to ___ his eyebrows.

a) scorch; b) singe; c) burn

24. The rubbish is to be ___ into things that can be recycled and things that can’t.

a) grouped; b) sorted; c) classed

25. The supermarket ___ the wines on a scale 1 to 9, from driest to sweetest.

a) groups; b) grades; c) sorts

10. Bring out the meaning of the phrasal verbs below and illustrate their usage by your own sentences.

• to let in - to fix up

• to sort out - to clear up

• to put in - to go through (with)

• to hit it off with - to be at

• to mess around/ about (with)