Level 3 Unit 3 - Over and Under
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Over & Under

"Over" and "under" are used with lots of other words to make new ones: Here are some verbs which can take either and can be conjugated:

pay, staff, book, use, charge, fish, cook, work

Examples:
The French tend to undercook roast beef by Anglo-Saxon standards.
I'm afraid I have overcooked the souflé.
In this job we're overworked and underpaid.

"Over" and "under" are also used with other words, not all verbs, but in the following cases only one, over OR under, is corrrect.

stand, come, line, look, coat

The exercisee uses forms of the above words: Fill in the gaps with the right form of the word.
1 : The word "nice" is in English. Try to find more precise adjectives.
2 : English is a bit different from American but we can still each other.
3 : The airline our flight so they offered to pay two passengers to take the next plane.
4 : Check the hotel bill carefully: Last time I came here they me.
5 : The price of fish is rising: Most of the oceans are .
6 : This place is . Look: They only have two waiters for 30 tables. We'll never get served!
7 : Mary made a terrible mistake at work. The boss said he will it this time but, if it happens again...
8 : It's not snowing but it's really cold: You should wear an .
9 : The teacher always the mistakes in our written exercises.
10: In "The Grapes of Wrath" Steinbeck wrote about the condition of the farmworkers in California.
11: We are all suffering from because half the staff are on holiday.
12: We need a new plan to the opposition.