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Sayings and Proverbs
Learn the sayings by heart and illustrate them in situations:
Necessity is a hard nurse but she raises strong children.
As the baker so the buns, as the father so the sons.
He that has a wife has a master.
Diligence is the mother of success.
A good Jack makes a good Jill.
A good wife makes a good husband.
A tree is known by its fruit.
To be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth.
Blood is thicker than water.
Husband and wife live the same life.
There is a black sheep in every flock.
Aphorisms about love and marriage
Agree or disagree with the following statements of famous people. Express your opinion of the utterances below:
Faults are thick where love is thin.
Love cannot be forced.
Love is neither bought nor sold.
No herb will cure love.
They do not love that do not show their love.
Young men’s love lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.
Out of sight, out of mind.
W. Shakespeare
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
A. Tennison
Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself. Self-sacrifice is suicide.
G.B. Shaw
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.
The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known – the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
Men marry because they are tired; women marry because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.
What nonsense people talk about their marriages! A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
O. Wilde
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.
H.L. Mencken
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
M. West
Love is a thing that can never go wrong.
D. Parker
Write a composition on the suggested topics.
Stage D
Choose the best alternative
Test 1
1. I have no brothers or sisters. I’m … child.
A an only B a sole C a unique D a single
2. My sister and I are always quarrelling. We just don’t seem to …
A get off B get together C get on D get by
3. Most parents find it difficult to … their children nowadays.
A grow up B foster C develop D bring up
4. His parents gave him everything he asked for. He was thoroughly …
A disturbed B ashamed C full up D spoilt
5. A woman who has never married is called a …
A virgin B widower C bachelor D spinster
6. On first coming to England, I fell … in love with a girl who lived in the flat below mine.
A feet over hands B hole over hole C foot in mouth D head over heels
7. I’d ask you to marry me but I’m sure you’d turn me …
A around B down c off D over
8. A good friend will always … you when you are in trouble.
A stand by B stand up C stand for D stand against
9. Unfortunately their marriage is …
A on the rocks B out of order C out of sorts D on the decline
10. I’m absolutely … about her but she doesn’t seem to be very interested in me.
A overwhelmed B crazy C infatuated D sick
11. They don’t get on well with each other because they’re …
A disaffected B dissident C incompatible incongruous
12. The moment I saw you it was love …
A at a glance B into view C at first sight D out of focus
13. I’ve got no … of getting married. I’m a confirmed bachelor.
A aim B intention C plan D desire
14. It’s … knowledge that they are going out with each other.
A common B frequent C general D open
15. It’s said that absence makes the heart grow …
A fonder B loving C stronger D affectionate
16. You’ve got no right to blame me for everything – it takes two to … a quarrel.
A do B look for C make D want
17. It’s a great shame that you … with each other as you used to be such good friends.
A came out B fell out C set out D turned out
18. It’s time we had a … talk with each other in an effort to clear the air.
A eye-to-eye B heart-to-heart C face-to-face D cheek-to-cheek
19. Since we got divorced, we’ve gone our own separate …
A directions B lives C paths D ways
Test 2
1. He … into her eyes and declared his love for her.
A glanced B glared C gazed D glimpsed
2. Although they no longer love each other, they’ve decided to stay together … the children.
A for the sake of B in spite of C on behalf of D in the event of
3. Thinking about my childhood makes me feel very …
A remembered B memorable C nostalgic D reminiscent
4. Early retirement is a … of reducing the workforce while avoiding redundancies.
A device B means C source D proposal
5. The proportion of elderly people in the population is steadily … as they live longer.
A falling B growing up C raising D rising
6. Jean gets very … if her daughter doesn’t ring her once a week.
A moved B agitated C shaken D touchy
7. John and Emily always buy … for her birthday.
A for their daughter something nice B their daughter something nice
8. Your children have … since I last saw them.
A tailed so much B got so tall C been so tall
9. He’s been trying to persuade his father … him a bicycle.
A buy B buying C to buy D for buying
10. I’ve sent the children outside to play. They were getting in my … all the time.
A place B hands C nerves D way
11. He doesn’t know anybody in London apart … his sister.
A from B for C than D of
12. I’d like to congratulate you … recent engagement.
A. on B about C for D of
13. He had many regrets when he … his life.
A looked down on B looked back on C looked up to D looked out for
14. He … to get some cards for his birthday, but none arrived.
A promised B expected C assumed D supposed
15. Johnny’s parents always let him have his own …
A will B wish C way D demand
16. His father had been the … of the company in 1955.
A inventor B producer C founder D originator
17. Please tell the children to stop … my dog.
A trying B shocking C teasing D laughing
18. Is he married or …?
A alone B single C free D solitary
19. My grandmother passed … at the age of 99.
A out B away C off D up
Test 3
1. I don’t know how he manages to … his family on a small salary.
A keep B retain C subsist D subsidize
2. She idolized her son and practically raised him to the … of a god.
A grade B prestige C rank D status
3. He knew he must … nothing of this to his wife.
A breathe B secrete C talk D discuss
4. The marriage will … next Monday at noon.
A take place B go off C come together D carry on
5. Why do you spend all your time … your sister!
A arguing about B arguing for C arguing with D arguing at
6. Now that I’m nearly 65, I’m looking forward to my …
A jubilation B removal C resignation D retirement
7. Every year on his birthday, Miguel’s uncle gave him a … new gold coin.
A blazing B dazzling C brilliant D shiny E sparkling
8. The lovers sat for ages … fondly into each other’s eyes.
A watching B peering C peeping D staring E gazing
9. It’s your … to do the washing up. I did it yesterday.
A share B time C part D turn
10. He’s never … his father for making him go out to work when he was 14.
A forgotten B accused C forgiven D disapproved E forbidden
11. Their three children … in age from 10 to 17.
A account B ring C grow D range
12. Mary … in an old terrace house in South London.
A leaves B inhabits C lives D visits
13. The man next door has been a … since his wife died ten years ago.
A widower B divorcee C single D widow
14. He … most of his early life in a small village in Scotland.
A grew up B brought C did D spent
15. “What do you … to do when you grow up?” he asked the girl.
A prepare B going C decide D intend
16. That woman’s husband just … her one day last year and she hasn’t seen him since.
A went back on B grew out of C ran away with D walked out on
17. Her husband claims he is a(n) … of Queen Victoria.
A ancestor B descendant C follower D heir
18. Despite their age her grandparents are still very …
A alive B childish C lively D living
19. My sister’s son, Jimmy, is my favourite …
A cousin B nephew C niece D uncle
20. The twins keep pretending to be each other – they are such … children!
A evil B miserable C naughty D wicked
Test 4
1. Sarah has invited all her … to the wedding.
A compatriots B in-laws C parents D relations
2. Her parents have been married for 25 years and today is their …
A anniversary B birthday C jubilee D marriage
3. The people in the flat upstairs are always having noisy …
A debates B discussions C noises D rows
4. When her mother remarried she got on well with her new …
A ancestor B forefather C foster-father D stepfather
5. A diagram that shows the members of a family and their relationship is called a family …
A branch B line C river D tree
6. He had to leave his family … when he went abroad to work.
A at a loss B behind C out D at all costs
7. My sister had a baby daughter yesterday and she is my first …
A nephew B cousin C niece D relation
8. In spite of her protests her father … her train for the race 3 hours a day.
A let B made C insisted D caused
9. The brothers are so alike I cannot … one from the other.
A say B notice C mark D tell
10. The child was so noisy that his mother told him not to be such a …
A nuisance B trouble C bother D worry
11. Just keep … on the baby while I cook the supper, will you?
A a look B a glance C an eye D a care
12. Jenny and her sister are so … they could almost be twins.
A likeness B alike C same D the same
13. While studying he was financially dependent … his wife.
A on B to C of D from
14. Mr and Mrs Hudson are always … with each other about money.
A annoying B arguing C discussing D shouting
15. She came in quietly … not to wake the baby.
A as if B so as C such as D if so
16. Sue hadn’t seen her brother for thirty years and … they recognized each other instantly.
A yet B so C despite D also
17. She finds looking after the children a …
A stress B strain C pressure D panic
18. Her divorce was a(n) … experience for her and she still hasn’t fully recovered.
A stunning B staggering C shattering D amazing
19. It was a serious quarrel and they took a long time to make it …
A over B away C out D up
Test 5
1. He didn’t know anyone at the wedding … than the bride and groom.
A except B other C apart D rather
2. By an unfortunate … the bride’s sister was not invited to the wedding.
A insult B oversight C neglect D disregard
3. The boy’s mother was … in by his lies.
A drawn B taken C pulled D caught
4. Children who are praised for their work are always … on to do better.
A encouraged B approved C inspired D spurred
5. His failure … great disappointment to his parents.
A forced B made C caused D provided
6. After his girlfriend left him George determined never … in love again.
A to fall B falling C for to fall D having fallen
7. When her millionaire father died the heiress … a fortune.
A came into B came at C came through D came to
8. His emotional problems … from the attitudes he encountered as a child I think.
A stem B flourish C root D sprout
9. The little boy was left in … his grandmother during his parents’ absence.
A charge B care of C care D the charge of
10. He was always finding … with his daughter’s friends.
A blame B lack C mistake D fault
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