Mr Cotter thought about what he could do with the dress and found 101 uses. He started a blog called My Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress about ways to recycle an unwanted wedding gown. So far he has listed 23 different ideas but he plans to add another 78. He says people can turn an old wedding gown into a camera lens cleaner, a fire escape rope, a gym towel, a dog bed or a pasta strainer. Cotter said the blog has helped him deal with the pain of his marriage break-up. His former wife is not so happy. She wants him to stop blogging.
1. PHRASE MATCH
Match the following phrases from the article.
Paragraph 1
| 1. | famous for | a. | sweethearts |
| 2 | broken-hearted after his marriage of | b. | owned |
| 3. | high school | c. | 12 years ended |
| 4. | She suddenly walked | d. | he wanted |
| 5. | everything she | e. | writing a blog |
| 6. | he could do whatever | f. | out on him |
Paragraph 2
| 1. | Cotter thought about what | a. | another 78 |
| 2 | he plans to add | b. | strainer |
| 3. | turn an old wedding gown | c. | wife |
| 4. | a pasta | d. | he could do |
| 5. | helped him deal | e. | into a camera |
| 6. | His former | f. | with the pain |
2. LISTENING GAP FILL
A man has become ____________________ a blog about 101 uses for his ex-wife’s wedding dress. Kevin Cotter of
Mr Cotter ____________________ he could do with the dress and found 101 uses. He started a blog called My Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress about ____________________ an unwanted wedding gown. So ____________________ 23 different ideas but he plans to add another 78. He says people ____________________ wedding gown into a camera lens cleaner, a fire escape rope, a gym towel, a dog bed or a pasta strainer. Cotter said the blog has helped him ____________________ of his marriage break-up. His former wife is not so happy. She ____________________ blogging.
3. MULTIPLE CHOICE
A man has become famous (1) ____ writing a blog about 101 uses for his ex-wife’s wedding dress. Kevin Cotter of
Mr Cotter thought about what he could do with the dress and found 101 (6) ____. He started a blog called My Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress about ways to recycle an unwanted wedding gown. So (7) ____ he has listed 23 different ideas but he plans to add another 78. He says people can (8) ____ an old wedding gown into a camera lens cleaner, a fire escape rope, a gym towel, a dog bed or a pasta strainer. Cotter said the blog has helped him deal (9) ____ the pain of his marriage break-up. His former wife is not so happy. She wants him to stop (10) ____.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
| 1. | (a) | for | (b) | with | (c) | to |
| 2. | (a) | breaking | (b) | breaks | (c) | broken |
| 3. | (a) | out | (b) | in | (c) | up |
| 4. | (a) | accept | (b) | except | (c) | expect |
| 5. | (a) | replay | (b) | play | (c) | reply |
| 6. | (a) | uses | (b) | using | (c) | used |
| 7. | (a) | fear | (b) | far | (c) | for |
| 8. | (a) | spin | (b) | twirl | (c) | turn |
| 9. | (a) | without | (b) | with | (c) | within |
| 10. | (a) | blogging | (b) | blogger | (c) | blog |
4. SPELLING
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
| Paragraph 1 | |
| 1. | fmuoas for writing |
| 2. | nokreb-hearted |
| 3. | high school ehtteeswras |
| 4. | She syundled walked out |
| 5. | everything she doenw |
| 6. | do raveehtw he wanted |
|
Paragraph 2 | |
| 7. | 101 sseu |
| 8. | ways to ceycrel |
| 9. | different sadie |
| 10. | fire peceas |
| 11. | irraeamg break-up |
| 12. | His reofmr wife |
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