1 Complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verbs with up. Use the correct form of the verbs.
1 I always bring a dictionary to class so I can look up new words.
2 I want to set up my own company when I’m older.
3 My brother came up with a great idea for a new website last weekend.
4 I’m going to the library. Can I pick you up something to read?
5 I’m going to give up buying books and download them instead. It’s greener!
6 We turned up late for the film, so we didn’t see the beginning.
7 When I grow up, I want to open a bookshop.
8 The show was so good that we all stood up and shouted ‘Bravo!’ at the end.
2 Word creation: Add the suffix -ful or -less to these words to make adjectives, and complete the sentences.
1 Rich and famous people are successful.
2 Water is colourless.
3 A headache is painful.
4 Doctors and nurses have to be very careful.
5 Students who make silly mistakes in exams are careless.
6 Paintings are often colourful.
7 People who are optimistic are hopeful.
8 Good children are truthful to their parents.
1. March 8 is International Women's Day, in which women are given gifts.
2. Maslenitsa is a holiday that is celebrated during the week before the Great Lent.
3. May 9 - the holiday of the victory of the Soviet army over Nazi Germany.
4. Cosmonautics Day - the date celebrated in Russia on April 12, set to commemorate the first manned space flight.
5. Day of Russia - June 12 is a public holiday of the Russian Federation.
6. Day of Signs - a public holiday in the USSR since 1984.
7. Easter is the biggest and brightest Christian holiday.
8. Christmas is one of the major Christian holidays, established in honor of the birth in the flesh of Jesus Christ of the Virgin Mary.
9. New Year is the main calendar holiday, coming at the moment of transition from the last day of the year to the first day of the next year.