1) Match the words with their definitions.
Gates — doors in an outside wall of fence.
hang around — to wait or spend somewhere
incent — to create something new
decades — groups of ten years
expression — a word or a phrase
complain — to say that something isn’t good.
2) Complete the sentences with words from exercise 9. Use the correct form of necessary.
1. Decades ago, many of the words we use now didn’t exist.
2. When I was a child, I loved to invent new words.
3. Some of my friends hang around for hours after school.
4. What does this expression mean?
5. She complained to her math teacher that she had too much homework.
6. Meet me at the park gates.