Exercise - 54
Question: 1 Employee: Are you ....... problems, madam?
Correct Answer : 1 [having]
Notes: Employee: Are you having problems, madam?
Question: 2 Old lady: Yes. I wonder if you could ....... help me, young man.
Correct Answer : 2 [possibly]
Notes: Old lady: Yes. I wonder if you could possibly help me, young man.
Question: 3 Employee: Of course. In what ....... ?
Correct Answer : 3 [way]
Notes: Employee: Of course. In what way?
Question: 4 Old lady: The fact is I just can't ....... that cereal packet on the top shelf.
Correct Answer : 4 [reach]
Notes: Old lady: The fact is I just can't reach that cereal packet on the top shelf.
Question: 5 Employee: No problem. ....... you are.
Correct Answer : 5 [There]
Notes: Employee: No problem. There you are.
Question: 6 Old lady: There is just one other ....... you can help me with if you have a moment.
Correct Answer : 6 [thing]
Notes: Old lady: There is just one other thing you can help me with if you have a moment.
Question: 7 Employee: Just tell me and I'll ....... if I can help.
Correct Answer : 7 [see]
Notes: Employee: Just tell me and I'll see if I can help.
Question: 8 Old lady: All I want to know is ....... day today is.
Correct Answer : 8 [what]
Notes: Old lady: All I want to know is what day today is.
Question: 9 Employee: It's Thursday of course. What do you want to know ....... ?
Correct Answer : 9 [for]
Notes: Employee: It's Thursday of course. What do you want to know for?
Question: 10 Old lady: Well you see this supermarket is so big I can't find the way ....... I've been here since Tuesday!
Correct Answer : 10 [out]
Notes: Old lady: Well you see this supermarket is so big I can't find the way out I've been here since Tuesday!
Question: 1 The trouble with him is that if you push him too far, he's likely to shout at you and lose his ........
Correct Answer : 1 [cool]
Notes: The trouble with him is that if you push him too far, he's likely to shout at you and lose his cool.
Question: 2 There's no hope for him now because he's lost his ....... and has gone completely crazy.
Correct Answer : 2 [marbles]
Notes: There's no hope for him now because he's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.
Question: 3 At the very last minute she broke down in tears and lost her ........
Correct Answer : 3 [nerve]
Notes: At the very last minute she broke down in tears and lost her nerve.
Question: 4 First he started shouting and then he began to throw things round the room and it was clear he had just lost his ........
Correct Answer : 4 [rag]
Notes: First he started shouting and then he began to throw things round the room and it was clear he had just lost his rag.
Question: 5 Despite his great age we realized that he'd not lost his ....... because he was still able to deliver a wonderful speech.
Correct Answer : 5 [touch]
Notes: Despite his great age we realized that he'd not lost his touch because he was still able to deliver a wonderful speech.
Question: 6 Do you mind repeating that last bit again as I seem to have lost the ....... of your argument?
Correct Answer : 6 [thread]
Notes: Do you mind repeating that last bit again as I seem to have lost the thread of your argument?
Question: 7 When it came to dividing the profits we lost ....... because we didn't get our fair share.
Correct Answer : 7 [out]
Notes: When it came to dividing the profits we lost out because we didn't get our fair share.
Question: 8 As she was walking across the tight rope at the circus she lost her ....... and fell to the ground.
Correct Answer : 8 [balance]
Notes: As she was walking across the tight rope at the circus she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
Question: 9 After a while I got fed up with the film and began to lose ....... in the story.
Correct Answer : 9 [interest]
Notes: After a while I got fed up with the film and began to lose interest in the story.
Question: 10 There's no harm in trying your luck there because after all you have ....... to lose.
Correct Answer : 10 [nothing]
Notes: There's no harm in trying your luck there because after all you have nothing to lose.
Question: 1 Everyone lost their money when the so-called treasurer ....... with all the society's savings.
Correct Answer : 1 [absconded]
Notes: Everyone lost their money when the so-called treasurer absconded with all the society's savings.
Question: 2 The police not only arrested the leader of the gang but also the ....... who had helped him.
Correct Answer : 2 [accomplices]
Notes: The police not only arrested the leader of the gang but also the accomplices who had helped him.
Question: 3 I have no wish to ....... these criminal activities but I do have some sympathy with the perpetrators.
Correct Answer : 3 [condone]
Notes: I have no wish to condone these criminal activities but I do have some sympathy with the perpetrators.
Question: 4 The judge has to adopt a ....... view of the crime by being utterly impartial.
Correct Answer : 4 [detached]
Notes: The judge has to adopt a detached view of the crime by being utterly impartial.
Question: 5 Despite all the chaos around him the captain remained totally calm and assumed an air of ........
Correct Answer : 5 [equanimity]
Notes: Despite all the chaos around him the captain remained totally calm and assumed an air of equanimity.
Question: 6 The police stopped the car because it had followed an ....... course down the road and asked the driver why he was going from side to side.
Correct Answer : 6 [erratic]
Notes: The police stopped the car because it had followed an erratic course down the road and asked the driver why he was going from side to side.
Question: 7 It was possible to look up the topic on the internet but she decided instead to ask her ....... father who knew the answer to most things.
Correct Answer : 7 [erudite]
Notes: It was possible to look up the topic on the internet but she decided instead to ask her erudite father who knew the answer to most things.
Question: 8 The party leader advised all her members to ....... any question about finance and avoid the topic of money completely.
Correct Answer : 8 [eschew]
Notes: The party leader advised all her members to eschew any question about finance and avoid the topic of money completely.
Question: 9 He has a very refined vocabulary and prefers to use a ....... rather than a more common and vulgar word.
Correct Answer : 9 [euphemism]
Notes: He has a very refined vocabulary and prefers to use a euphemism rather than a more common and vulgar word.
Question: 10 I've looked everywhere for my key and even carried out an ....... search of my car but I can't find that book.
Correct Answer : 10 [exhaustive]
Notes: I've looked everywhere for my key and even carried out an exhaustive search of my car but I can't find that book.