P1 C&V Lesson 2

Our television is not working. It is_______.

• spoilt

• broken

• hurt

Answer explanation

spoilt: Food that is spoilt has gone bad and cannot be eaten. Children may also be spoilt by their parents. Spoilt children behave badly. We do not say that a television is "spoilt".

broken: lf a television is broken, it is notworking properly, All machines may breakdown and get broken.

hurt: If we are hurt, we are in pain because a part of our body is injured ,e.g. Penny was hurt in a car accident. We do not say that a television is "hurt".

My dress is torn. Can you _______it?

• mend

• repair

• correct

Answer explanation

mend: To mend is to repair. We mend clothes, bags and shoes.

repair: To repair is to fix. We repair or fix cars, phones, computers and machines. We do not "repair" a dress.

correct: To correct is to make something right, e.g. Our teacher corrects our mistakes. We do not "correct" a torn dress.

The man says he has no money. He is______.

• spent

• wealthy

• broke

Answer explanation

spent: "Spent" is the past tense of" spend". The man has spent all his money, so now he has none. We do not say that he is "spent".

wealthy: "Wealthy" means "very rich", e.g. Although Mr Tan is a wealthy businessman, he lives in a small flat. The man has no money, so he cannot be "wealthy".

broke: "Broke" means "having very little or no money". A person who is broke has very little or no money to spend.

Please ______ your bed before you go out. It's in a mess!

• fix

• make

• draw

Answer explanation

fix: To fix is to repair ,e.g. Jenny helped me fix my phone when it stopped working. We do not "fix" our beds when they are messy.

make: To make the bed is to tidy it. We usually make our beds in the morning after we wake up.

draw: To draw is to use a pen or pencil to make a picture, e.g. Sonny can draw very well. We do not "draw" our beds when they are messy.

My keys are _________. I cannot find them anywhere.

• disappeared

• hiding

• missing

Answer explanation

disappeared: If something has disappeared, we cannot see it ,e.g. My phone was in my bag, but now it has disappeared! We do not say that the keys "are disappeared".

hiding: If someone is hiding, he does not want to be seen, e.g. My brother likes hiding in the wardrobe. Keys are not people, so we cannot say that they are "hiding

missing: If something is missing, it is lost.

You have a cut on your finger. Go and put a ___________ on it.

• tablet

• plaster

• sticker

Answer explanation

tablet: A tablet is a pill or a small piece of medicine that we take with water .We do not put a "tablet" on a cut.

plaster: A plaster is a piece of thin tape we stick over a cut. Plasters protect the skin while the cut heals.

sticker: A sticker is a small piece of sticky paper with pictures or words on it. Children often get stickers for their good work. We do not put stickers on a person's cut.

First, the lift was out of _________ and he had to take the stairs.

• work

• order

Answer explanation

work: If someone is out of work, he does not have a job ,e.g. My mother has been out of work since the restaurant closed down. We do not say that a lift is "out of work".

order: If a lift is out of order, it is not working. This is why the father had to take the stairs.

Then, his computer __________ and he had to redo a lot of his work.

• crashed

• fired

Answer explanation

crashed: If a computer crashes, it suddenly stops working. When this happens, we may lose some of the work that we are doing. This is why the father had to redo a lot of his work.

fired: If someone is fired, he is removed from his job, e.g. The manager fired the lazy security guard. We do not say that computers "fired".

Next, his boss was in a bad _________ and shouted at everyone.

• state

• mood

Answer explanation

state: If someone is in a bad state, he is not strong or healthy, e.g. Mr Tan was in a bad state after the accident. We do not say that an angry person is in a bad "state".

mood: If someone is in a bad mood, he is unhappy and gets angry easily. The boss shouted at everyone because he was in a bad mood.

Worse of all, he got _________ in the rain on the way home.

• caught

• showered

Answer explanation

caught: If we are caught in the rain without an umbrella, we will get very wet.

showered: To shower is to wash our body under a spray of water ,e.g. Dan showered straight after coming home. We do not get "showered" in the rain.