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English phrases: positive or negative connotations? [C1 lvl]
Read the sentences and decide whether they convey positive or negative feelings.
Example: "I'm having a bad hair day today." = negative because it implies that the person does not feel attractive today.
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Last updated: February 8, 2021
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| First submitted | February 8, 2021 |
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1. The teacher said that my homework was not up to scratch.
"not up to scratch" = "not good enough"
positive
negative
2. I know that he has my best interests at heart.
"he has my best interests at heart" = "he wants me to succeed"
positive
negative
3. I made a hasty judgement and regretted it immediately.
You should always think carefully, and then make a considered decision!
positive
negative
4. When you call the help centre they put you on hold for hours!
Nobody likes to wait on the phone for a long time...
positive
negative
5. We feel special ties with this beach because it's where we got engaged.
Important, wonderful events can create "special ties" with the places where they happened.
positive
negative
6. I could feel his eyes boring into me from across the room.
This means he was staring at me, which is not nice.
positive
negative
7. The school has state-of-the-art classroom facilities.
"state-of-the-art" = "modern, with the newest ideas, designs, resources, materials etc"
positive
negative
8. He always looks down on other people.
If you look down on someone, it means that you think you are better than them.
positive
negative
9. Elisa was the driving force behind this community clean-up project.
Well done Elisa for having a big influence on people, and motivating them to clean up their community!
positive
negative
10. This area is starting to suffer from brain drain.
When highly educated people leave an area, that area suffers "brain drain". It becomes harder to support specialist sectors such as medicine, business, law, education, finance etc.
positive
negative
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I'm not sure Jetpunk is the place for specific English teaching quizzes though. Just browsing, playing and commenting naturally is probably the best use of this site for language students.