Exercise - 42
Question: 1 ....... you please bring me my notebook?
Correct Answer : 1 [Will]
Notes: Will you please bring me my notebook?
Question: 2 ....... you please bring me my notebook?
Correct Answer : 2 [Would]
Notes: Would you please bring me my notebook?
Question: 3 ....... you please bring me my notebook?
Correct Answer : 3 [Can]
Notes: Can you please bring me my notebook?
Question: 4 ....... you please bring me my notebook?
Correct Answer : 4 [Could]
Notes: Could you please bring me my notebook?
Question: 5 ....... you want some water?
Correct Answer : 5 [Do]
Notes: Do you want some water?
Question: 6 ....... you like some water?
Correct Answer : 6 [Would]
Notes: Would you like some water?
Question: 7 ....... I ride with you to work?
Correct Answer : 7 [Can]
Notes: Can I ride with you to work?
Question: 8 ....... I ride with you to work?
Correct Answer : 8 [May]
Notes: May I ride with you to work?
Question: 9 ....... I could ride with you to work?
Correct Answer : 9 [Is there any way]
Notes: Is there any way I could ride with you to work?
Question: 10 ....... I ride with you to work?
Correct Answer : 10 [Would you mind if]
Notes: Would you mind if I ride with you to work?
Question: 1 Welcome to Radio News and now over to our ....... who's covering the procession this morning.
Correct Answer : 1 [reporter]
Notes: Welcome to Radio News and now over to our reporter who's covering the procession this morning.
Question: 2 Hi listeners, I should explain that I have a ....... eye view of this magnificent sight as the parade passes underneath me.
Correct Answer : 2 [bird's]
Notes: Hi listeners, I should explain that I have a bird's eye view of this magnificent sight as the parade passes underneath me.
Question: 3 To tell you the truth I shouldn't be ....... up here on top of this large statue of Field Marshal Smith.
Correct Answer : 3 [perched]
Notes: To tell you the truth I shouldn't be perched up here on top of this large statue of Field Marshal Smith.
Question: 4 There is a long line of soldiers on horseback marching to the sound of a ....... band.
Correct Answer : 4 [brass]
Notes: There is a long line of soldiers on horseback marching to the sound of a brass band.
Question: 5 It really is quite uncomfortable up here and there's a policeman ....... at me, which I don't like.
Correct Answer : 5 [staring]
Notes: It really is quite uncomfortable up here and there's a policeman staring at me, which I don't like.
Question: 6 After the soldiers I can see a group of circus ....... who are jumping and dancing as they go.
Correct Answer : 6 [performers]
Notes: After the soldiers I can see a group of circus performers who are jumping and dancing as they go.
Question: 7 Next I can see some pensioners slowly moving along the road and some can't walk and are in ........
Correct Answer : 7 [wheelchairs]
Notes: Next I can see some pensioners slowly moving along the road and some can't walk and are in wheelchairs.
Question: 8 That policeman is getting out his ....... and walking near the statue I'm sitting on.
Correct Answer : 8 [notebook]
Notes: That policeman is getting out his notebook and walking near the statue I'm sitting on.
Question: 9 It has started to rain and I shall get ....... to the skin if I stay much longer up here.
Correct Answer : 9 [soaked]
Notes: It has started to rain and I shall get soaked to the skin if I stay much longer up here.
Question: 10 Oh dear, listeners, I shall have to return you to the studio because the policeman says he is going to ....... me.
Correct Answer : 10 [arrest]
Notes: Oh dear, listeners, I shall have to return you to the studio because the policeman says he is going to arrest me.
Question: 1 Without offending the ....... of your host, you could also say:
Correct Answer : 1 [hospitality]
Notes: Without offending the hospitality of your host, you could also say:
Question: 2 I think it's time for me to hit the sack, which need be no ....... of the softness of the mattress.
Correct Answer : 2 [criticism]
Notes: I think it's time for me to hit the sack, which need be no criticism of the softness of the mattress.
Question: 3 And ....... very important people are not described as simply going to bed but rather retiring for the night.
Correct Answer : 3 [incidentally]
Notes: And incidentally very important people are not described as simply going to bed but rather retiring for the night.
Question: 4 Somehow it sounds just a bit more ........
Correct Answer : 4 [dignified]
Notes: Somehow it sounds just a bit more dignified.
Question: 5 Of course should your guests be ....... to go home to their own beds
Correct Answer : 5 [unwilling]
Notes: Of course should your guests be unwilling to go home to their own beds
Question: 6 and you have a strong desire to be ....... of them and go to sleep
Correct Answer : 6 [rid]
Notes: and you have a strong desire to be rid of them and go to sleep
Question: 7 you could be subtle and ....... up the sitting room clock
Correct Answer : 7 [wind]
Notes: you could be subtle and wind up the sitting room clock
Question: 8 look at your watch ....... or even yawn.
Correct Answer : 8 [anxiously]
Notes: look at your watch anxiously or even yawn.
Question: 9 But if you have no ....... at all, the best thing is to drop off or nod off in the middle of the conversation.
Correct Answer : 9 [inhibitions]
Notes: But if you have no inhibitions at all, the best thing is to drop off or nod off in the middle of the conversation.
Question: 10 And if all else ....... go upstairs and come down again in your pyjamas.
Correct Answer : 10 [fails]
Notes: And if all else fails go upstairs and come down again in your pyjamas.