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5. A person who sells flowers is a ________________.
6. A person who sells medicine is a ________________.

7. A person who sells houses and lands is a ________________.

8. A person who sells sweets and pastries is a ________________.
9. A person who sells spectacles is a ________________.

10. A person who sells medicines is a ________________.

B. Partitives

Partitives are used to refer to an amount or number of something. They are used to express
a part of a whole. They are often used with uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns.
Partitives are always followed by the preposition ‘of’.
Example: a loaf of bread

Now fill in the blanks with a suitable partitive expression.
1. a _____________ chocolate 7. a _____________ garlic

2. a _____________ dust 8. a _____________ land
3. an _____________ corn 9. a _____________ luggage
4. a _____________ furniture 10. a _____________ music

5. a _____________ grass 11. a _____________ rain
6. a _____________ hair 12. a _____________ soap

C. Write the words opposite in meaning to those given.
1. stranger – ________________ 6. rejected – ________________

2. luck – ________________ 7. full time – ________________

3. pain – ________________ 8. borrowed – ________________
4. failure – ________________ 9. retired – ________________
5. owner – ________________ 10. bankrupt – ________________

Grammar Skills

A. Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs are two or more words that together act as a completely new verb with a new
meaning, different from the individual words.

Study the phrasal verbs below.
● pass away – die

● bring up – to care for and train a child

● drop out – to stop doing something
● look for – to search for someone or something

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