Exercise - 21
Question: 1 ....... me what did you do at the weekend?
Correct Answer : 1 [Tell]
Notes: Tell me what did you do at the weekend?
Question: 2 Oh, it was a complete ....... !
Correct Answer : 2 [disaster]
Notes: Oh, it was a complete disaster!
Question: 3 Why, what ....... ?
Correct Answer : 3 [happened]
Notes: Why, what happened?
Question: 4 Well, the ....... was to go sailing.
Correct Answer : 4 [plan]
Notes: Well, the plan was to go sailing.
Question: 5 That ....... interesting.
Correct Answer : 5 [sounds]
Notes: That sounds interesting.
Question: 6 In ....... I agree.
Correct Answer : 6 [theory]
Notes: In theory I agree.
Question: 7 But not in ....... , eh?
Correct Answer : 7 [practice]
Notes: But not in practice, eh?
Question: 8 Exactly, in fact I almost ........
Correct Answer : 8 [drowned]
Notes: Exactly, in fact I almost drowned.
Question: 9 That ....... have been horrible. So what are you doing this weekend?
Correct Answer : 9 [must]
Notes: That must have been horrible. So what are you doing this weekend?
Question: 10 I'm starting a ....... of swimming lessons.
Correct Answer : 10 [course]
Notes: I'm starting a course of swimming lessons.
Question: 1 Did you hear the story about the woman who said she could tell the .......?
Correct Answer : 1 [future]
Notes: Did you hear the story about the woman who said she could tell the future?
Question: 2 I hope you haven't because I'm about to ....... it to you now.
Correct Answer : 2 [relate]
Notes: I hope you haven't because I'm about to relate it to you now.
Question: 3 Her name was Mary Smith and she had a ....... for telling people what was going to happen.
Correct Answer : 3 [reputation]
Notes: Her name was Mary Smith and she had a reputation for telling people what was going to happen.
Question: 4 Somebody once used her advice and made a ....... out of buying shares in a small company that did well.
Correct Answer : 4 [fortune]
Notes: Somebody once used her advice and made a fortune out of buying shares in a small company that did well.
Question: 5 The strange thing was that she never actually used her ....... to benefit herself.
Correct Answer : 5 [gift]
Notes: The strange thing was that she never actually used her gift to benefit herself.
Question: 6 People started to be ....... of her and thought that perhaps she had a secret source of information.
Correct Answer : 6 [suspicious]
Notes: People started to be suspicious of her and thought that perhaps she had a secret source of information.
Question: 7 Some others wanted to try and ....... her out and prove that she didn't have this special ability.
Correct Answer : 7 [catch]
Notes: Some others wanted to try and catch her out and prove that she didn't have this special ability.
Question: 8 The plan was to pretend to ....... her house late one night and see if she was really any good at knowing it was going to happen.
Correct Answer : 8 [burgle]
Notes: The plan was to pretend to burgle her house late one night and see if she was really any good at knowing it was going to happen.
Question: 9 Mike Andrews, whose idea it was, intended to give everything back but he just wanted to ....... her ability.
Correct Answer : 9 [test]
Notes: Mike Andrews, whose idea it was, intended to give everything back but he just wanted to test her ability.
Question: 10 As Mr Andrews was about to leave he found a note pinned to his door. It was from Mary Smith advising him to be careful because she has just bought a ....... young guard dog.
Correct Answer : 10 [ferocious]
Notes: As Mr Andrews was about to leave he found a note pinned to his door. It was from Mary Smith advising him to be careful because she has just bought a ferocious young guard dog.
Question: 1 Mathew Smith was a highly respected member of parliament with no ....... on his character.
Correct Answer : 1 [stain]
Notes: Mathew Smith was a highly respected member of parliament with no stain on his character.
Question: 2 At least that's what he thought until the press started trying to ....... up something about his past.
Correct Answer : 2 [dig]
Notes: At least that's what he thought until the press started trying to dig up something about his past.
Question: 3 Apparently when he was still at school, he didn't have a ticket for his train journey one day and he was ........
Correct Answer : 3 [fined]
Notes: Apparently when he was still at school, he didn't have a ticket for his train journey one day and he was fined.
Question: 4 This piece of information was discovered by one keen local reporter and was ....... up out of all proportion by the national press.
Correct Answer : 4 [blown]
Notes: This piece of information was discovered by one keen local reporter and was blown up out of all proportion by the national press.
Question: 5 Headlines appeared maintaining that Mathew was a dishonest ....... thief.
Correct Answer : 5 [lying]
Notes: Headlines appeared maintaining that Mathew was a dishonest lying thief.
Question: 6 Other papers asked the question: How can we trust our politicians if they ....... on society?
Correct Answer : 6 [cheat]
Notes: Other papers asked the question: How can we trust our politicians if they cheat on society?
Question: 7 There was even talk that incidents like this one could ....... the Government.
Correct Answer : 7 [topple]
Notes: There was even talk that incidents like this one could topple the Government.
Question: 8 The Prime Minister called Mathew in to talk to him and said he couldn't tolerate any ....... of scandal in his Party.
Correct Answer : 8 [whiff]
Notes: The Prime Minister called Mathew in to talk to him and said he couldn't tolerate any whiff of scandal in his Party.
Question: 9 At last Mathew decided to speak ....... for himself and tell the truth.
Correct Answer : 9 [up]
Notes: At last Mathew decided to speak up for himself and tell the truth.
Question: 10 The reporter had got it ....... wrong because he found his ticket and he wasn't 'fined', he was simply 'fine'.
Correct Answer : 10 [completely]
Notes: The reporter had got it completely wrong because he found his ticket and he wasn't 'fined', he was simply 'fine'.