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    Phrasal Nouns

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    The document provides a multiple choice exercise where the goal is to choose the most appropriate linking word from a dropdown list to fill in the blanks in 15 sentences. The sentences cover a range of topics and contexts, including workplace demotions and layoffs, educational dropouts, family breakups, scientific breakthroughs, travel plans, and more. Participants must analyze each context clue and select the word that logically completes the sentence and links the surrounding ideas together in a coherent way.

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    Phrasal Nouns

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    The document provides a multiple choice exercise where the goal is to choose the most appropriate linking word from a dropdown list to fill in the blanks in 15 sentences. The sentences cover a range of topics and contexts, including workplace demotions and layoffs, educational dropouts, family breakups, scientific breakthroughs, travel plans, and more. Participants must analyze each context clue and select the word that logically completes the sentence and links the surrounding ideas together in a coherent way.

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    The document provides a multiple choice exercise where the goal is to choose the most appropriate linking word from a dropdown list to fill in the blanks in 15 sentences. The sentences cover a range of topics and contexts, including workplace demotions and layoffs, educational dropouts, family breakups, scientific breakthroughs, travel plans, and more. Participants must analyze each context clue and select the word that logically completes the sentence and links the surrounding ideas together in a coherent way.

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    Phrasal Nouns

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    Jane_Doe30
    The document provides a multiple choice exercise where the goal is to choose the most appropriate linking word from a dropdown list to fill in the blanks in 15 sentences. The sentences cover a range of topics and contexts, including workplace demotions and layoffs, educational dropouts, family breakups, scientific breakthroughs, travel plans, and more. Participants must analyze each context clue and select the word that logically completes the sentence and links the surrounding ideas together in a coherent way.

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    Fill in all the gaps choosing a linking word from the drop-down list.

    BREAKDOWN BREAKTHROUGH BREAKUP


    COME-DOWN CUTBACKS DROP-OUTS GO-AHEAD
    GROWN-UP HANDOUT LAY-OFFS
    LET-UP ONLOOKERS OUTBURST OUTLOOK STOPOVER TURNOUT
    UPBRINGING

    1. Tony’s been demoted to Assistant Manager. What a _______________ for him!


    2. The tourist office has a free ___________________ on cheap accommodation in London.
    3. Patricia suffered a nervous _____________________ when she lost her job.
    4. Miguel’s devotion to the company contributed to the ____________________ of his
    marriage.
    5. Scientists have made an important ____________________ in the field of genetic
    engineering.
    6. The planning authorities gave the school the ______________________ for an extension.
    7. At South London University, there were several _______________________ from the
    Computer Science course this year.
    8. Tommy, ask a ___________________ to help you next time you want to do some painting.
    9. Keith has always had a rather narrow ________________ on life. I put it down to his strict
    __________________.
    10. It poured down all day without any ______________________.
    11. The whole room was stunned into silence by Gordon’s angry ______________________.
    12. The ____________________ in the building trade are a direct result of the in government
    spending.
    13. The advantage of flying Air Canada is that the fare includes a free _________________ in
    Vancouver.
    14. Whenever Madeleine chairs a meeting, we get a much better ______________________.
    15. To the delight of the ____________________, the Princess posed on the steps for
    photographs.
    ANSWER KEY:

    1. COME-DOWN
    2. HANDOUT
    3. BREAKDOWN
    4. BREAKUP
    5. BREAKTHROUGH
    6. GO-AHEAD
    7. DROP-OUTS
    8. GROWN-UP
    9. OUTLOOK/UPBRINGING
    10. LET-UP
    11. OUTBURST
    12. LAY-OFFS/CUTBACKS
    13. STOPOVER
    14. TURNOUT
    15. ONLOOKERS

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