Exercise - 36
Question: 1 The pencils and paper ....... on your desk.
Correct Answer : 1 [are]
Notes: The pencils and paper are on your desk.
Question: 2 ....... do you like to do on the weekends?
Correct Answer : 2 [What]
Notes: What do you like to do on the weekends?
Question: 3 My sister is ....... home today.
Correct Answer : 3 [at]
Notes: My sister is at home today.
Question: 4 ....... am an engineer.
Correct Answer : 4 [I]
Notes: I am an engineer.
Question: 5 The bathroom is ....... to the front door.
Correct Answer : 5 [next]
Notes: The bathroom is next to the front door.
Question: 6 He always works ....... hard.
Correct Answer : 6 [very]
Notes: He always works very hard.
Question: 7 Do you ....... time to go to the store for me?
Correct Answer : 7 [have]
Notes: Do you have time to go to the store for me?
Question: 8 She is ....... athlete.
Correct Answer : 8 [an]
Notes: She is an athlete.
Question: 9 There are 12 ....... in a year.
Correct Answer : 9 [months]
Notes: There are 12 months in a year.
Question: 10 Driving to work in a car is much ....... than riding a bicycle.
Correct Answer : 10 [faster]
Notes: Driving to work in a car is much faster than riding a bicycle.
Question: 1 Why didn't you ....... up for work yesterday?
Correct Answer : 1 [turn]
Notes: Why didn't you turn up for work yesterday?
Question: 2 To be honest I was feeling a bit ....... down.
Correct Answer : 2 [run]
Notes: To be honest I was feeling a bit run down.
Question: 3 Well, I don't think that's a very good reason and you must ....... up with a better explanation.
Correct Answer : 3 [come]
Notes: Well, I don't think that's a very good reason and you must come up with a better explanation.
Question: 4 I'm sorry I'm not sure I can ....... it across any better.
Correct Answer : 4 [put]
Notes: I'm sorry I'm not sure I can put it across any better.
Question: 5 Now, I must insist as your supervisor if you really want to ....... on in your career, you must tell me the truth.
Correct Answer : 5 [get]
Notes: Now, I must insist as your supervisor if you really want to get on in your career, you must tell me the truth.
Question: 6 All right I ....... up, I'll tell you the truth.
Correct Answer : 6 [give]
Notes: All right I give up, I'll tell you the truth.
Question: 7 Now, you're being sensible — ....... on.
Correct Answer : 7 [carry]
Notes: Now, you're being sensible — carry on.
Question: 8 Well, I won't ....... up any more excuses. I wasn't here yesterday because I went to a football match.
Correct Answer : 8 [make]
Notes: Well, I won't make up any more excuses. I wasn't here yesterday because I went to a football match.
Question: 9 Thank you for your honesty. Now ....... up that piece of paper.
Correct Answer : 9 [pick]
Notes: Thank you for your honesty. Now pick up that piece of paper.
Question: 10 Right. What's this? Oh no, you're ....... me out of the firm.
Correct Answer : 10 [throwing]
Notes: Right. What's this? Oh no, you're throwing me out of the firm.
Question: 1 I'm suspicious really because at the back of my ....... I don't trust them.
Correct Answer : 1 [mind]
Notes: I'm suspicious really because at the back of my mind I don't trust them.
Question: 2 He said he'd read my funny story and had laughed twice, which was a sort of back ....... compliment.
Correct Answer : 2 [handed]
Notes: He said he'd read my funny story and had laughed twice, which was a sort of back handed compliment.
Question: 3 She was a very famous film star some 40 years ago but now she's regarded as unimportant — a sort of back ........
Correct Answer : 3 [number]
Notes: She was a very famous film star some 40 years ago but now she's regarded as unimportant — a sort of back number.
Question: 4 He's having trouble with his mother-in-law because she likes to control everything rather like a backseat ........
Correct Answer : 4 [driver]
Notes: He's having trouble with his mother-in-law because she likes to control everything rather like a backseat driver.
Question: 5 Where we live is a sort of back....... because nobody here knows what's going on in the world.
Correct Answer : 5 [water]
Notes: Where we live is a sort of backwater because nobody here knows what's going on in the world.
Question: 6 She's the sort of person who can't bear being secretive and will never talk about you ....... your back.
Correct Answer : 6 [behind]
Notes: She's the sort of person who can't bear being secretive and will never talk about you behind your back.
Question: 7 There's still some way to go with this latest project but I think we've ....... the back of it.
Correct Answer : 7 [broken]
Notes: There's still some way to go with this latest project but I think we've broken the back of it.
Question: 8 I've lived here all my life and know every single road and street like the back of my ........
Correct Answer : 8 [hand]
Notes: I've lived here all my life and know every single road and street like the back of my hand.
Question: 9 Poor woman since she got knocked down by a car, she's been ....... on her back.
Correct Answer : 9 [flat]
Notes: Poor woman since she got knocked down by a car, she's been flat on her back.
Question: 10 He's one of those irritating people who manages within a few minutes of meeting someone to ....... their back up.
Correct Answer : 10 [put]
Notes: He's one of those irritating people who manages within a few minutes of meeting someone to put their back up.