Answer — Exercise 2
8a - Reading·On Screen B2 - Workbook & Grammar
Question
Find words in the text with a similar meaning to the following words/phrases.
What part of speech is each word?
Answer
- fixation: obsession (n); prediction: forecast (n)
- bizarre: freak (adj); heavy rain: downpour (n); threatening: menacing (adj)
- complete surprise: astonishment (n); spread: scattered (v)
- sensible: reasonable (adj); believed it likely: suspected (v)
- examined carefully: analysed (v); excluded the possibility of: ruled out (phr v)
- water providing: hydrating (adj); soak up: absorb (v)