Exercise - 50
Question: 1 Charles: I don't think I've ....... you before in this pub.
Correct Answer : 1 [seen]
Notes: Charles: I don't think I've seen you before in this pub.
Question: 2 Deborah: No, this is my first ........
Correct Answer : 2 [visit]
Notes: Deborah: No, this is my first visit.
Question: 3 Charles: And I see you've ....... your little dog with you.
Correct Answer : 3 [brought]
Notes: Charles: And I see you've brought your little dog with you.
Question: 4 Deborah: Yes, he goes ....... with me.
Correct Answer : 4 [everywhere]
Notes: Deborah: Yes, he goes everywhere with me.
Question: 5 Charles: It's very good the way he sits at the table and eats his ....... with a knife and fork.
Correct Answer : 5 [food]
Notes: Charles: It's very good the way he sits at the table and eats his food with a knife and fork.
Question: 6 Deborah: Oh yes. He's very good. At home when he's ....... eating, he goes into the kitchen and washes up his plates.
Correct Answer : 6 [finished]
Notes: Deborah: Oh yes. He's very good. At home when he's finished eating, he goes into the kitchen and washes up his plates.
Question: 7 Charles: That's really ....... I find that difficult to believe.
Correct Answer : 7 [amazing]
Notes: Charles: That's really amazing I find that difficult to believe.
Question: 8 Deborah: Believe me — he's a really wonderful dog and can do ....... things that people do.
Correct Answer : 8 [most]
Notes: Deborah: Believe me — he's a really wonderful dog and can do most things that people do.
Question: 9 Charles: The one thing I've ....... is that he doesn't say anything.
Correct Answer : 9 [noticed]
Notes: Charles: The one thing I've noticed is that he doesn't say anything.
Question: 10 Deborah: Yes, that's right. He's not talking today because he's got a ....... throat.
Correct Answer : 10 [sore]
Notes: Deborah: Yes, that's right. He's not talking today because he's got a sore throat.
Question: 1 Charlie didn't have much in the way of property — just ....... and pieces.
Correct Answer : 1 [bits]
Notes: Charlie didn't have much in the way of property — just bits and pieces.
Question: 2 In fact this was a piece of ....... for Charlie as it happened.
Correct Answer : 2 [luck]
Notes: In fact this was a piece of luck for Charlie as it happened.
Question: 3 Because when the ....... of the piece arrived in the shape of a burglar to steal something, he didn't find anything valuable.
Correct Answer : 3 [villain]
Notes: Because when the villain of the piece arrived in the shape of a burglar to steal something, he didn't find anything valuable.
Question: 4 Charlie came home when the burglar was still there but he didn't ....... to pieces, he stayed calm.
Correct Answer : 4 [go]
Notes: Charlie came home when the burglar was still there but he didn't go to pieces, he stayed calm.
Question: 5 The burglar also had an assistant with him who clearly didn't want to get involved and have a piece of the ....... and fled.
Correct Answer : 5 [action]
Notes: The burglar also had an assistant with him who clearly didn't want to get involved and have a piece of the action and fled.
Question: 6 Charlie decided he would say exactly what he thought of the burglar and give him a piece of his ........
Correct Answer : 6 [mind]
Notes: Charlie decided he would say exactly what he thought of the burglar and give him a piece of his mind.
Question: 7 He told him he was a wicked person and further he was a ....... piece of work.
Correct Answer : 7 [nasty]
Notes: He told him he was a wicked person and further he was a nasty piece of work.
Question: 8 The burglar explained that he didn't have a proper job and only did piece ........
Correct Answer : 8 [work]
Notes: The burglar explained that he didn't have a proper job and only did piece work.
Question: 9 Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now — it was ....... of a piece with burgling.
Correct Answer : 9 [all]
Notes: Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now — it was all of a piece with burgling.
Question: 10 Eventually the police arrived and were pleased to see Charlie was still all right and in ....... piece.
Correct Answer : 10 [one]
Notes: Eventually the police arrived and were pleased to see Charlie was still all right and in one piece.
Question: 1 You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly ....... to the other makes in this garage.
Correct Answer : 1 [superior]
Notes: You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly superior to the other makes in this garage.
Question: 2 It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and ....... to slander.
Correct Answer : 2 [amount]
Notes: It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and amount to slander.
Question: 3 He ....... to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.
Correct Answer : 3 [claims]
Notes: He claims to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.
Question: 4 In this biography she is ....... as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.
Correct Answer : 4 [depicted]
Notes: In this biography she is depicted as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.
Question: 5 He had to be ....... from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.
Correct Answer : 5 [isolated]
Notes: He had to be isolated from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.
Question: 6 It's not that I don't trust you ....... I must have some evidence of your identity.
Correct Answer : 6 [but]
Notes: It's not that I don't trust you but I must have some evidence of your identity.
Question: 7 The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and ....... with the latest equipment.
Correct Answer : 7 [provided]
Notes: The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and provided with the latest equipment.
Question: 8 People used to think the cinema would be ....... by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.
Correct Answer : 8 [supplanted]
Notes: People used to think the cinema would be supplanted by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.
Question: 9 She ....... to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.
Correct Answer : 9 [appeared]
Notes: She appeared to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.
Question: 10 There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better ....... with one another.
Correct Answer : 10 [collaborating]
Notes: There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better collaborating with one another.