Fill in the blanks exercises for some phrasal verbs, a little bit of word formation training, and graphic analysis vocabulary. Oh yes! and 2 Halloween pics, jiji....For those days when teaching is necessary but your creativity is gone.

1. UPPER INTERMEDIATE
AUGUST – DECEMBER 2013

2. Phrasal Verb
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Today's phrasal verb means: "not to include
someone in an activity"
None of the other children would play with the little
boy and so he felt ........ out.
a) picked
b) sent
c) kept
d) left

3. Word Formation
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Today's word: "CORRECT“
1. Your newspaper was ........ to claim the company were
in trouble. On the contrary, they are about to expand
into Europe.
2. Please bring an eraser with you in order to make any
........ to your work.
3. If you answer the question ........ you get two marks.

4. Collocation
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 Today's phrase: "to ........ the table“
The dinner's almost ready. Could somebody ........ the
table please?
a) place
b) set
c) lay
d) make

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6. Graphs
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7. Vocabulary for Graphs
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Movement Up
 Rose
 Went up
 Increased
 Grew
 Shot up
 Surged
 Rocketed
Movement Down
 Fell
 Declined
 Dropped
 Decreased
 Sank
 Went down
 Plunged
 Plummeted

8. Vocabulary for Graphs
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Prepositions
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Between 1995 and 2000
From 1995 to 2000
Sales rose from 200 to 250
Sales fell to 150 in March
Sales fell by 50%
Adverbs and intensifiers
 slightly
 a little
 a lot
 sharply
 suddenly
 steeply
 gradually
 gently
 steadily

9. Vocabulary for Graphs
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No Movement:
 remained steady
 were unchanged
 did not change
 remained constant
 remained stable
 stabilized
Tops and Bottoms
 reached a peak
 peaked
 reached their highest
level
 fell to a low
 sank to a trough
 reached a bottom

10. Graphs
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11. Word Formation
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Today's word: “EXPLODE”
1. An ........ device was found in a car in the
town centre.
2. The army have gone into the area to try to
detonate an ........ bomb.
3. There was an ........ followed by a flash of
light.

12. Phrasal Verbs
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1. The firefighters fought the blaze while the crowd
___________ .
2. We all felt so tired after the first hour of walking but
our guide told us we had to _______ if we wanted to
make the inn by nightfall.
3. While the office computer system was being fixed,
there was nothing to do so we just ________ .
4. If you don't know what that word means Jenkins,
_________ (it) in the dictionary!
5. I can't understand what you are talking about with
this design. Can we ______ it again?

13. Word Formation
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Today's word: "LIMIT"
1. There are several ........ of the new software
which make it rather impractical.
2. Season ticket holders have the freedom of
........ use of the facilities.
3. The post office say they are going to produce
a ........ edition of the new set of stamps. These
should ultimately prove to be quite valuable.

14. Halloween
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Halloween
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cackling
evil
gruesome
haunted
hideous
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horrified
howling
possessed
shirieking
wicked