English vocabulary exercise Complete the following sentences using an appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. You will find it ……………………. to learn Hindi before visiting India. (advantage) 2. He is an ……………….. man, unafraid of risks. (adventure) 3. ………………… winds prevented us from arriving on time. (adversity) 4. Sweet are the uses of ……………………. (adverse) 5. It is ……………….. for all children to get vaccinations. (advice) 6. The......

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Words confused

Words confused Affection and affectation These words are often confused. Affection means love, fondness, emotional attachment, tenderness or warmth. She feels great affection for her parents. Affection can also mean sickness, illness or disease. He died of a consumptive affection. Affectation means pretence, sham or false mannerism. He affected a Canadian accent. To affect is to make a pretense of. She is from Canada but she affects......

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Idioms – H A hair’s breadth A hair’s breadth is a very small margin. Let your hair down To let your hair down is to behave in a very relaxed way or wildly. Split hairs To split hairs is to make trivial distinctions. Not do things by halves Do things thoroughly. Hammer something in / into To hammer something in is to make it sit in someone’s mind by repeating it constantly. Hammer something out To hammer something out is to work out......

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Idiomatic expressions with eye

Idiomatic expressions with eye Here is a list of idiomatic expressions formed around the word eye. Eye someone up To eye someone up is to look at them with romantic or love interest. At the party, Samuel eyed many girls up, but none showed any interest in him. Be all eyes When you are all eyes, you are watching something eagerly. When the match started, we were all eyes. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth This expression......

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