Exercise - 35
Question: 1 Anna is ........
Correct Answer : 1 [a teacher]
Notes: Anna is a teacher.
Question: 2 ....... boss said that you work hard.
Correct Answer : 2 [Your]
Notes: Your boss said that you work hard.
Question: 3 Every week I work five days and I get two days ........
Correct Answer : 3 [off]
Notes: Every week I work five days and I get two days off.
Question: 4 I ....... a job at the bank.
Correct Answer : 4 [got]
Notes: I got a job at the bank.
Question: 5 Do you prefer Microsoft ....... Macintosh computers?
Correct Answer : 5 [or]
Notes: Do you prefer Microsoft or Macintosh computers?
Question: 6 Do you have ....... children?
Correct Answer : 6 [any]
Notes: Do you have any children?
Question: 7 His ....... will not write. It is out of ink.
Correct Answer : 7 [pen]
Notes: His pen will not write. It is out of ink.
Question: 8 Who won the soccer ....... ?
Correct Answer : 8 [game]
Notes: Who won the soccer game?
Question: 9 Your ....... break is from noon to 1 pm.
Correct Answer : 9 [lunch]
Notes: Your lunch break is from noon to 1 pm.
Question: 10 The police all ....... uniforms.
Correct Answer : 10 [wear]
Notes: The police all wear uniforms.
Question: 1 She was slowly going ....... her mind with worry until she heard her daughter was safe and well.
Correct Answer : 1 [out of]
Notes: She was slowly going out of her mind with worry until she heard her daughter was safe and well.
Question: 2 I do think you should ....... this in mind before you seriously think about changing jobs.
Correct Answer : 2 [bear]
Notes: I do think you should bear this in mind before you seriously think about changing jobs.
Question: 3 I'd honestly never heard such an outstanding performance of that symphony — it simply ....... my mind.
Correct Answer : 3 [blew]
Notes: I'd honestly never heard such an outstanding performance of that symphony — it simply blew my mind.
Question: 4 The police officer asked him why he hadn't reported the matter earlier and he said simply that it had never ....... his mind.
Correct Answer : 4 [crossed]
Notes: The police officer asked him why he hadn't reported the matter earlier and he said simply that it had never crossed his mind.
Question: 5 I'm inclined to give her a ....... of my mind considering all the trouble she has caused this month.
Correct Answer : 5 [piece]
Notes: I'm inclined to give her a piece of my mind considering all the trouble she has caused this month.
Question: 6 It's clear as they say that great minds think ....... because we have both come to exactly the same conclusion.
Correct Answer : 6 [alike]
Notes: It's clear as they say that great minds think alike because we have both come to exactly the same conclusion.
Question: 7 He has a one ....... mind as all he ever talks about is money, money, money.
Correct Answer : 7 [track]
Notes: He has a one track mind as all he ever talks about is money, money, money.
Question: 8 I just can't decide whether to go on holiday this week or later in the year. I'm really in ....... minds about it.
Correct Answer : 8 [two]
Notes: I just can't decide whether to go on holiday this week or later in the year. I'm really in two minds about it.
Question: 9 There, I knew there was something I had to do today and now it's completely ....... my mind.
Correct Answer : 9 [slipped]
Notes: There, I knew there was something I had to do today and now it's completely slipped my mind.
Question: 10 I tried to show an interest in her future career but she simply told me to mind my own ........
Correct Answer : 10 [business]
Notes: I tried to show an interest in her future career but she simply told me to mind my own business.
Question: 1 I'm afraid I don't like this sherry because I find it too ....... and I prefer something nice and dry.
Correct Answer : 1 [sweet]
Notes: I'm afraid I don't like this sherry because I find it too sweet and I prefer something nice and dry.
Question: 2 We're not quite sure how it will work so today we're having a dry ....... to find out if there are any problems.
Correct Answer : 2 [run]
Notes: We're not quite sure how it will work so today we're having a dry run to find out if there are any problems.
Question: 3 She studies some very obscure things to do with ancient Greek documents — to most people a really dry as ....... subject.
Correct Answer : 3 [dust]
Notes: She studies some very obscure things to do with ancient Greek documents — to most people a really dry as dust subject.
Question: 4 It was one of those scenes that made you want to cry your eyes out and I do believe there wasn't a dry ....... in the theatre.
Correct Answer : 4 [eye]
Notes: It was one of those scenes that made you want to cry your eyes out and I do believe there wasn't a dry eye in the theatre.
Question: 5 There was a terrible storm on the night we first stayed at the campsite but we were all right with our tent and were as dry as a ........
Correct Answer : 5 [bone]
Notes: There was a terrible storm on the night we first stayed at the campsite but we were all right with our tent and were as dry as a bone.
Question: 6 We all set out together early in the morning in different cars but ours broke down and nobody bothered to look for us so we were left ....... and dry.
Correct Answer : 6 [high]
Notes: We all set out together early in the morning in different cars but ours broke down and nobody bothered to look for us so we were left high and dry.
Question: 7 As a result of the very long heat wave last summer many of the rivers have now completely dried ........
Correct Answer : 7 [up]
Notes: As a result of the very long heat wave last summer many of the rivers have now completely dried up.
Question: 8 As it's still very warm outside I recommend you leave your swimming things in the garden to let them dry ........
Correct Answer : 8 [out]
Notes: As it's still very warm outside I recommend you leave your swimming things in the garden to let them dry out.
Question: 9 She's very subtle in the comments she makes and she has a wonderfully dry ....... of humour.
Correct Answer : 9 [sense]
Notes: She's very subtle in the comments she makes and she has a wonderfully dry sense of humour.
Question: 10 If you want to keep your customers coming in on a regular basis you mustn't let your stocks ....... dry.
Correct Answer : 10 [run]
Notes: If you want to keep your customers coming in on a regular basis you mustn't let your stocks run dry.