Everyday verbs 2

Exercise 8.1

Answer these questions using collocations from A and B.

1. What can happen to men as they get older? (Clue: Think of their hair.)
2. What can happen if you are embarrassed? (Clue: Think of your face.)
3. What can happen if you get bad news? (Clue: Think of your face or hair.)
4. What can happen to the pages of a newspaper after a long time?
5. What happens to strawberries as they ripen?
6. The poet John Milton lost his eyesight at the end of his life. What is another way of saying that?
7. The composer Beethoven lost his hearing at the end of his life. What is another way of saying that?
8. At the end of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet loses his mind. What is another way of saying that?
9. If it is about to rain, what might happen to the sky?