Exercise - 48
Question: 1 Mike: Haven't seen you for ........
Correct Answer : 1 [ages]
Notes: Mike: Haven't seen you for ages.
Question: 2 Linda: No, I've been ....... a lot of pain the last few months.
Correct Answer : 2 [in]
Notes: Linda: No, I've been in a lot of pain the last few months.
Question: 3 Mike: I'm sorry to hear that. Tell me ....... it.
Correct Answer : 3 [about]
Notes: Mike: I'm sorry to hear that. Tell me about it.
Question: 4 Linda: It's awful really. At the ....... it's in my knee.
Correct Answer : 4 [moment]
Notes: Linda: It's awful really. At the moment it's in my knee.
Question: 5 Mike: That can ....... walking very difficult.
Correct Answer : 5 [make]
Notes: Mike: That can make walking very difficult.
Question: 6 Linda: Then ....... the pain in my back.
Correct Answer : 6 [there's]
Notes: Linda: Then there's the pain in my back.
Question: 7 Mike: I know what that's ........
Correct Answer : 7 [like]
Notes: Mike: I know what that's like.
Question: 8 Linda: Of ....... I mustn't forget the pains in my feet.
Correct Answer : 8 [course]
Notes: Linda: Of course I mustn't forget the pains in my feet.
Question: 9 Mike: Suddenly I'm ....... much better. I won't see the doctor today. Good bye.
Correct Answer : 9 [feeling]
Notes: Mike: Suddenly I'm feeling much better. I won't see the doctor today. Good bye.
Question: 10 Linda: But you can't go ....... I haven't described my other pains.
Correct Answer : 10 [yet]
Notes: Linda: But you can't go yet I haven't described my other pains.
Question: 1 She's ....... a high at the moment because everything is going her way.
Correct Answer : 1 [on]
Notes: She's on a high at the moment because everything is going her way.
Question: 2 I have high ....... that we will succeed with our project in view of all the interest we have received.
Correct Answer : 2 [hopes]
Notes: I have high hopes that we will succeed with our project in view of all the interest we have received.
Question: 3 It's high ....... we left if we really want to be there on time.
Correct Answer : 3 [time]
Notes: It's high time we left if we really want to be there on time.
Question: 4 You'll just have to get used to these highs and ....... as it's all part of being in business.
Correct Answer : 4 [lows]
Notes: You'll just have to get used to these highs and lows as it's all part of being in business.
Question: 5 Now that he's become office manager you can't even talk to him — he's so high and ........
Correct Answer : 5 [mighty]
Notes: Now that he's become office manager you can't even talk to him — he's so high and mighty.
Question: 6 The really high ....... of the evening's entertainment was when two clowns came into the ring and started throwing things at each other.
Correct Answer : 6 [spot]
Notes: The really high spot of the evening's entertainment was when two clowns came into the ring and started throwing things at each other.
Question: 7 He left the safe door unlocked last night so I reckon he'll be for the high ....... this morning.
Correct Answer : 7 [jump]
Notes: He left the safe door unlocked last night so I reckon he'll be for the high jump this morning.
Question: 8 It's always the same when you break one of the rules of the office, she gets on her high ....... and starts shouting at you.
Correct Answer : 8 [horse]
Notes: It's always the same when you break one of the rules of the office, she gets on her high horse and starts shouting at you.
Question: 9 The moment she joined the staff you just knew she was a high ....... and it was no surprise when she got promotion within six weeks.
Correct Answer : 9 [flier]
Notes: The moment she joined the staff you just knew she was a high flier and it was no surprise when she got promotion within six weeks.
Question: 10 They wanted to make sure that their small daughter shared in the meal and so they asked the restaurant to provide a high ........
Correct Answer : 10 [chair]
Notes: They wanted to make sure that their small daughter shared in the meal and so they asked the restaurant to provide a high chair.
Question: 1 Thanks to the crash barrier in the middle of the motorway cars are ....... from hitting those on the other side in the event of an accident.
Correct Answer : 1 [prevented]
Notes: Thanks to the crash barrier in the middle of the motorway cars are prevented from hitting those on the other side in the event of an accident.
Question: 2 It doesn't matter what position you hold in society everyone is ....... to the same laws.
Correct Answer : 2 [subject]
Notes: It doesn't matter what position you hold in society everyone is subject to the same laws.
Question: 3 As I was a stranger in that country I was not ....... with some of their customs and didn't understand why people were laughing at me.
Correct Answer : 3 [acquainted]
Notes: As I was a stranger in that country I was not acquainted with some of their customs and didn't understand why people were laughing at me.
Question: 4 You can have that car in any colour you want in fact you have a ....... of 24 different ones.
Correct Answer : 4 [choice]
Notes: You can have that car in any colour you want in fact you have a choice of 24 different ones.
Question: 5 The theatre was ....... to display in the entrance some of the excellent newspaper reviews the play had received.
Correct Answer : 5 [delighted]
Notes: The theatre was delighted to display in the entrance some of the excellent newspaper reviews the play had received.
Question: 6 As the hospital had been careless with its hygiene procedures, the patient found she had been ....... with a harmful virus.
Correct Answer : 6 [infected]
Notes: As the hospital had been careless with its hygiene procedures, the patient found she had been infected with a harmful virus.
Question: 7 As a ....... of the district she had absolutely no difficulty in understanding the local dialect.
Correct Answer : 7 [native]
Notes: As a native of the district she had absolutely no difficulty in understanding the local dialect.
Question: 8 There is a new company regulation to remove the danger of passive smoking, which ....... all employees from smoking at their place of work.
Correct Answer : 8 [prohibits]
Notes: There is a new company regulation to remove the danger of passive smoking, which prohibits all employees from smoking at their place of work.
Question: 9 He finds breathing very difficult in restricted spaces as he ....... from asthma.
Correct Answer : 9 [suffers]
Notes: He finds breathing very difficult in restricted spaces as he suffers from asthma.
Question: 10 I am very pleased to be working with you because I think the same way and ....... with your policies.
Correct Answer : 10 [agree]
Notes: I am very pleased to be working with you because I think the same way and agree with your policies.