Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words and expression
in the box.
honest
pocket money
problem
refuse
repair
terrible
truth
wear
May:
What's up? You look really sad.
Kate:
Yes, I feel (1)______________________.
May:
What's wrong? Tell me about it. Maybe I can help.
Kate:
Well, I needed some new shoes to wear to a party.
But I didn't have enough
(2)_____________________ to buy any.
So I asked my sister if I could wear her new shoes.
May:
Did she agree?
Kate:
No, you see, that's the (3)________________________.
She (4)_______________________ to let
me wear them, because she bought them for her sixteenth birthday party.
They were
expensive. She saved up a lot of money to buy them.
But I took them when she was
out and (5)______________________ them to the party.
Then on my way home, I fell, and
one of the shoes is broken.
May:
Can you (6)_____________________ it?
Kate:
No, I don't think anyone will be able to do that.
May:
Then you must tell her the (7)___________________.
If you aren't (8)____________________,
she'll be even angrier with you.
Kate:
I know you're right. I'll do as you say.
Complete the passages with the correct form of the expressions in the box.
at the end of
be angry with
be proud of
listen to
Dear Diana,
My grades are not very good, and my parents (1) ___________________ me.
I told them that
I worked hard at school.
The problem is, I am just not good at schoolwork.
But they think
I spend too much time playing basketball when I should be studying.
It is true that I play
a lot of basketball because I think basketball is something great.
I am in the school team
and I (2) __________________ that.
I want to be in the national team someday.
My uncle has
offered to help me train too, but how can I get my parents to agree?
Mary
Dear Mary,
You should also work very hard at school.
If your grades are better (3) ___________________
this term, your parents will not worry so much.
Then you can ask your uncle to talk to them.
Maybe your parents will (4) ____________ him.
Diana