Progress Check 10 (Bringing up Children, Holidays, Stress, Friendship)
Correct the mistakes in the phrases in bold.
- Paul can afford to go to medical school; he was burnt with a silver spoon in his mouth.
- Brown eyes run in the blood, but I have green eyes.
- We're travelling in light with one small bag each.
- When he goes on holiday, it takes him the first couple of days just to wind up.
- I said my goodbyes and heat the road back to central Nashville.
- Ryan, don't pull your brother down like that—if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything.
- I don't want to live with my parents, but it's a case of any harbour in a storm.
- Margot followed her mother's footsteps, starting her own business.
- I was worried about introducing my boyfriend to my parents, but they got on like a house in fire.
- Heart disease lives in the family. I try to have a healthy diet and get lot of exercise.
- It's not unusual that you have the same interests as your mother. The apple doesn't go far from the tree.
- If you bury your hand in the sand now, you may lose your house.
- Marion has always been the apple in her father's eye.
- With the new baby and the new house, they have a lot in their plate.
- It's pretty obvious who wears trousers in that family – Grandma Alice.
