Preview（腕試し）

Anna: What ever happened to our old classmate Joey Thompson?

Sarah: Even though he studied European history, he wound up becoming a used car salesman.

Joey:

A. got a job teaching history

B. became a salesman

C. quit his job as a salesman

D. felt a lot of stress

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

adjective = 形容詞

gerund = 動名詞

prepositional phrase = 前置詞句

shoplift = 万引する

Examples（例文）　

This idiom is used to express the idea of becoming something or coming to be in some situation. It is usually followed by an adjective, a gerund, or a prepositional phrase.

George used to be quite rich, but he invested all of his money in an Internet company in early 2000 and wound up poor.

Brenda wanted to move to Hawaii after graduation, but she got a good job offer and wound up moving to Nebraska.

A person who shoplifts may one day wind up in jail.

Exercises （練習）

Type the appropriate form of "wind up" in the box.

1. If you don't start working harder you will probably without a job.

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2. Though he was a nice, honest boy and a hard worker when he was young, Sam ran into some trouble later in life and finally in jail.

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