Practice IELTS

Exercise - 81

Question: 1 Charlie always thought he was the ....... knees because he had a very good opinion of himself.

Correct Answer : 1 [bee's]

Notes: Charlie always thought he was the bee's knees because he had a very good opinion of himself.

Question: 2 Even when he won the ....... knees competition at a holiday camp he wasn't ashamed — he just loved it.

Correct Answer : 2 [wobbly]

Notes: Even when he won the wobbly knees competition at a holiday camp he wasn't ashamed — he just loved it.

Question: 3 He'd learnt to think he was important from an early age ....... his mother's knee.

Correct Answer : 3 [at]

Notes: He'd learnt to think he was important from an early age at his mother's knee.

Question: 4 His father told him he was special as he dandled him ....... his knee.

Correct Answer : 4 [on]

Notes: His father told him he was special as he dandled him on his knee.

Question: 5 Then he met Maria as a grown up and fell in love as a sort of knee ....... reaction almost without thinking.

Correct Answer : 5 [jerk]

Notes: Then he met Maria as a grown up and fell in love as a sort of knee jerk reaction almost without thinking.

Question: 6 You see he'd known her once as a small child when he was knee ....... to a grasshopper and now they met as adults.

Correct Answer : 6 [high]

Notes: You see he'd known her once as a small child when he was knee high to a grasshopper and now they met as adults.

Question: 7 They met at a mutual friend's party where everyone was having a great time in a kind of knees ........

Correct Answer : 7 [up]

Notes: They met at a mutual friend's party where everyone was having a great time in a kind of knees up.

Question: 8 Shortly after that he ....... down on one knee and proposed marriage to her and she accepted him.

Correct Answer : 8 [went]

Notes: Shortly after that he went down on one knee and proposed marriage to her and she accepted him.

Question: 9 After they were married, Charlie had to work very hard and he was always knee ....... in decorating and painting the house.

Correct Answer : 9 [deep]

Notes: After they were married, Charlie had to work very hard and he was always knee deep in decorating and painting the house.

Question: 10 What poor Charlie didn't know before was that Maria loved telling others what to do and so he had to do as he was told and ....... the knee.

Correct Answer : 10 [bend]

Notes: What poor Charlie didn't know before was that Maria loved telling others what to do and so he had to do as he was told and bend the knee.