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Practice: The Little Mermaid

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Find a synonym and an antonym for each word.

Finish the sentences with the following words:
[ willing – stroll – insisted – instantly – splash – panic ]

1. The couple went for a quiet ____________ through the park.

2. I don’t want to get wet, so don’t ____________ me!

3. I wanted to stay out until midnight, but my mom _____________ that I come home by 10:00.

4. I love children, so I am always ____________ to watch my little cousins.

5. If there is a fire, it is important not to ___________.

6. E-mail is wonderful because you can send and receive letters _______________.

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Finish the sentences with the following words:
[ beyond – sink – gazed – rule – nasty – explore – awe ]

7. In my house, it is a ___________ that we can’t watch TV after 9:00 p.m.

8. I live just ____________ that building.

9. I don’t like the new student because she is always ___________ to everyone.

10. A rock will _____________ in water.

11. When I saw my favorite actor in a restaurant, I was in ____________.

12. The young man _____________ at the beautiful girl all night.

13. I want to travel and _____________ new countries.

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Finish the sentences with the following words:
[ attracted – unconscious – rise – observe – pour – obey – believe my eyes ]

14. I’m all wet because it started to _____________ while I was walking home.

15. The boy was _____________ after he fell out of the tree.

16. You should ____________ your parents.

17. A loud noise ______________ my attention.

18. I like to sit quietly in the park and _____________ birds.

19. When I saw Santa Claus in my house, I couldn’t ______________.

20. I watched the balloon _____________ in the sky.

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Complete the story with the following words:
[ furious - panic - human - mansion - familiar - rule - hypnotized - shore - romantic - nasty - surface - rose - unconscious - permanently - awe - disobeyed - peculiar ]

Ariel’s father was very strict. He forbid Ariel to go to the ______________ of the water. But one day Ariel _____________ her father. When she __________ to the top of the water, she saw very _____________ things. She was in __________! Then she saw a handsome man on a ship. A storm started and the man fell into the water. Ariel rescued him and lugged him to ___________. The man was alive but ______________.

Ariel’s father was ____________ because Ariel broke his most important ___________. So Ariel went to find the sea witch. The sea witch said she could transform Ariel into a ____________. If she kissed her true love before sunset on the third day, Ariel could be a human _____________!

Ariel met the handsome man on the beach, but she could not speak. But the man knew that Ariel looked ____________. He invited her to stay in his ____________. When they started to fall in love, the ___________ sea witch transformed into a beautiful girl and she ______________ the handsome man. The man fell in love with the sea witch. Ariel began to __________ because this was terrible!

Suddenly Ariel’s father appeared and broke the witch’s evil spell. The handsome man ran to Ariel and gave her a very ____________ kiss.

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