Task 32-38 (EGE)

“Ordinary” was the worst word she could find for anything. She and I would argue fiercely because I wanted to be ordinary as desperately as my mother wanted to be ...

• uncommon

• unusual

• odd

• peculiar

“I can’t ______ that hair-do”, she said when I went to the hairdresser with my friend.

• stand

• approve

• agree

• vote

Her ______ of ordinariness came out most strongly in her clothes.

• worry

• trouble

• panic

• fear

“Couldn’t you please ______ something else?” I asked her when she was dressing for Parents’ Day in tight-fitting pants and a bright pink sweater, with a Mexican cape.

• dress

• put

• wear

• clothe

“It’s just that I wish it would be something more plain,” I said sheepishly, “something that people won’t ______ at.”

• watch

• stare

• glance

• peep

She looked at me angrily and drew herself ______ to her full height of five feet ten inches.

• up

• on

• over

• at

“Are you ______ of your own mother?

• sorry

• shamed

• ashamed

• angry

Because if you are, Isadora, I feel ______ for you. I really do.”

• regretful

• sorry

• guilty

• unhappy