Practice IELTS

Exercise - 225

Question: 1 The one day that most people hate is Monday because that's when they have to go back to their ....... of work.

Correct Answer : 1 [place]

Notes: The one day that most people hate is Monday because that's when they have to go back to their place of work.

Question: 2 The one day that many people love is Friday because that is when they can think about their time ....... at the weekend.

Correct Answer : 2 [off]

Notes: The one day that many people love is Friday because that is when they can think about their time off at the weekend.

Question: 3 Usually Saturday and Sunday just ....... by more quickly than the other 5 days of the week.

Correct Answer : 3 [fly]

Notes: Usually Saturday and Sunday just fly by more quickly than the other 5 days of the week.

Question: 4 But then what would ....... to us if we didn't do any work?

Correct Answer : 4 [happen]

Notes: But then what would happen to us if we didn't do any work?

Question: 5 In the first place we'd have no money to buy food and we'd probably ........

Correct Answer : 5 [starve]

Notes: In the first place we'd have no money to buy food and we'd probably starve.

Question: 6 Mind you it could be a way of ....... weight and becoming slimmer.

Correct Answer : 6 [losing]

Notes: Mind you it could be a way of losing weight and becoming slimmer.

Question: 7 But in the end we would probably find that doing nothing all day could be very uninteresting and ........

Correct Answer : 7 [boring]

Notes: But in the end we would probably find that doing nothing all day could be very uninteresting and boring.

Question: 8 So let's not complain too much about it because we simply have to accept it as a ....... fact of life.

Correct Answer : 8 [necessary]

Notes: So let's not complain too much about it because we simply have to accept it as a necessary fact of life.

Question: 9 Just remember and never ....... that some people aren't able to work even when they want to.

Correct Answer : 9 [forget]

Notes: Just remember and never forget that some people aren't able to work even when they want to.

Question: 10 One way is to ....... , even if it's not true, and tell yourself that the new name for Monday is Friday!

Correct Answer : 10 [pretend]

Notes: One way is to pretend, even if it's not true, and tell yourself that the new name for Monday is Friday!