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CU-AAT Sample Questions

1. Unlike seasonal flu, pandemic flu can kill those who are  young and ......... as well as those who are ..... and sick.

 

1. attractive.....small 2. handsome......strong 3. old......slim

4. healthy......frail 5. smart......obese 

 

Coming soon: English for Communication 2

Make fun of (someone):
To laugh at; to make jokes about (someone). ex. "The other kids always made fun of John."

Make of:
To understand/ interpret. ex. "What do you make of his comments?" (How would you interpret his comments?)

Make out:
1) To decipher/ understand. ex. "He always mumbles; I can never make out what he's saying."
2) To kiss and touch (passionately). ex. "The two college students were making out in the park."

Make (someone) over:
To change someone's appearance.

Make (someone) out (to be something):
To make someone seem like something. ex. "They made her out to be some kind of monster."

Make up:
1) To fabricate, invent. ex. "He made up a story about how he got robbed on the way to work."
2) To reconcile. ex. "They had a big fight, but then they made up right away."

Make up for:
To compensate for. ex. "He made up for what he said by inviting her to a movie."

Mark down:
To lower a price. ex. "All these items have been marked down. They are on sale."

Mark up:
To increase a price. ex. "Retailers had to mark up their prices in order to cover expenses."

Mess up:
To spoil, to make a mistake. ex. "I messed up on that question."

Measure up:
To be of an equally high quality. ex. "These new products don't measure up to our standards."

Mix up:
To confuse. To get it wrong. ex. "I hate this restaurant, they always mix up my order."

Move in:
To start living in an apartment, house, with someone, etc. ex. "Tom moved in with his girlfriend."

Move on:
To continue. ex. "Let's move on. What's the next topic?"

Move out:
To stop living in an apartment, house, etc. ex. "Sarah moved out last month. She moved in with her mother." 

Credit: LearnEnglishFeelGood 

English Battle 1

A: You are a Chinese restaurant owner. You sell high quality Chinese food to your customers.
B: You are a customer who wants to have a good meal at reasonable budget.

Let's try making 5-minute conversation out of this assigned situation.

แบบฝึกหัด comparative และ superlative สำหรับเลเวล 4-7

1. Joey is ____________ (tall) than me.
2. Sam has a __________ (small) pencil case than mine.
3. Keith is ___________ (good) student in class.
4. Tokyo is __________ (expensive) city in Japan.
5. Sarah is __________ (happy) than her sister.
6. This is ___________ (bad) day ever!
7. This test is ____________ (difficult) than the last one.
8. Jack's dad is __________ (old) than my dad.
9. Susan is _________ (pretty) than Kim.
10. Our house is __________ (beautiful) house in town.

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