Exercise - 25

Question: 1 Mike: 'Do you know what I did last night?' Jane: '.......'

I shrink to think. I don't think. I will not think. I do not think. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [I shrink to think.]

Notes: Mike: 'Do you know what I did last night?'Jane: 'I shrink to think.'

Question: 2 Mike: 'I bet you don't know what happened at the party?' Jane: '.......'

I will not imagine. I do not imagine. I must not imagine. I can't imagine. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [I can't imagine.]

Notes: Mike: 'I bet you don't know what happened at the party?'Jane: 'I can't imagine.'

Question: 3 Mike: 'Do you know how much the bill has come to?' Jane: '.......'

I dare think. I daren't think. I dare to think. I will not dare to think. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [I daren't think.]

Notes: Mike: 'Do you know how much the bill has come to?'Jane: 'I daren't think.'

Question: 4 Mike: 'Guess how much income tax I pay.' Jane: '.......'

I haven't a thought. I haven't a point. I haven't a belief. I haven't a clue. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [I haven't a clue.]

Notes: Mike: 'Guess how much income tax I pay.'Jane: 'I haven't a clue.'

Question: 5 Mike: 'Then you add the square root and multiply by 67, do you follow?' Jane: '.......'

Sorry, it's over me. Sorry, it's beyond me. Sorry, it's past me. Sorry, it's after me. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [Sorry, it's beyond me.]

Notes: Mike: 'Then you add the square root and multiply by 67, do you follow?'Jane: 'Sorry, it's beyond me.'

Question: 6 Mike: 'Do you understand what he's on about?' Jane: '.......'

No, it's long above my head. No, it's route above my head. No, it's road above my head. No, it's way above my head. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [No, it's way above my head.]

Notes: Mike: 'Do you understand what he's on about?'Jane: 'No, it's way above my head.'

Question: 7 Mike: 'I assume you're following the argument, aren't you.' Jane: '.......'

No, it's all German to me. No, it's all Spanish to me. No, it's all Greek to me. No, it's all Latin to me. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [No, it's all Greek to me.]

Notes: Mike: 'I assume you're following the argument, aren't you.'Jane: 'No, it's all Greek to me.'

Question: 8 Mike: 'It's amazing when you learn what technology can do, isn't it?' Jane: '.......'

The mind trembles. The mind wobbles. The mind stumbles. The mind boggles. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [The mind boggles.]

Notes: Mike: 'It's amazing when you learn what technology can do, isn't it?'Jane: 'The mind boggles.'

Question: 9 Mike: 'So what do you think is the answer?' Jane: '.......'

No idea. Not idea. Negative idea. Small idea. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [No idea.]

Notes: Mike: 'So what do you think is the answer?'Jane: 'No idea.'

Question: 10 Mike: 'Then you take away the first number — are you with me?' Jane: '.......'

No, you've thrown me. No, you've turned me. No, you've hit me. No, you've lost me. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [No, you've lost me.]

Notes: Mike: 'Then you take away the first number — are you with me?'Jane: 'No, you've lost me.'

Question: 1 One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ....... the short feet of the tortoise.

laughed ridiculed ridiculous laughter Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [ridiculed]

Notes: One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ridiculed the short feet of the tortoise.

Question: 2 He also made ....... of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.

fun joke laugh funny Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [fun]

Notes: He also made fun of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.

Question: 3 The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ....... him in a race.

strike hit beat knock Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [beat]

Notes: The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily beat him in a race.

Question: 4 It was ....... that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.

consented permitted allowed agreed Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [agreed]

Notes: It was agreed that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.

Question: 5 The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ....... pace all the time to the end of the race.

steadying steadied steady steadily Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [steady]

Notes: The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a steady pace all the time to the end of the race.

Question: 6 The hare shot ahead and then decided to ....... down at the side of the path for a rest.

lay lie laid lain Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [lie]

Notes: The hare shot ahead and then decided to lie down at the side of the path for a rest.

Question: 7 It wasn't long before the hare fell into a ....... sleep.

profound steep deep full Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [deep]

Notes: It wasn't long before the hare fell into a deep sleep.

Question: 8 When he woke up, he couldn't ....... his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.

understand believe comprehend follow Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [believe]

Notes: When he woke up, he couldn't believe his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.

Question: 9 At the end of the race the tortoise, ....... by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.

destroyed excavated exhausted evacuated Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [exhausted]

Notes: At the end of the race the tortoise, exhausted by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.

Question: 10 The moral of this fable is: slow but ....... always wins the race in the end.

sure evident certain definite Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [sure]

Notes: The moral of this fable is: slow but sure always wins the race in the end.

Question: 1 You can hear everything that's going on next door because the walls are paper ........

long wide thin tall Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [thin]

Notes: You can hear everything that's going on next door because the walls are paper thin.

Question: 2 We're going to the college tonight to hear Professor Kent ....... a paper on language learning on the net.

speak deliver raise talk Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [deliver]

Notes: We're going to the college tonight to hear Professor Kent deliver a paper on language learning on the net.

Question: 3 I can't see the point of trying to settle the dispute between those two institutions because you'll just be papering over the ........

fissures splits divisions cracks Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [cracks]

Notes: I can't see the point of trying to settle the dispute between those two institutions because you'll just be papering over the cracks.

Question: 4 After the first revolution the dictator no longer had much control and became just a paper ........

lion tiger elephant cat Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [tiger]

Notes: After the first revolution the dictator no longer had much control and became just a paper tiger.

Question: 5 The cross country run where the runners follow a track of pieces of paper is called a paper ........

chase race relay sport Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [chase]

Notes: The cross country run where the runners follow a track of pieces of paper is called a paper chase.

Question: 6 Some countries have some very interesting designs on their paper ........

cash coinage money pay Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [money]

Notes: Some countries have some very interesting designs on their paper money.

Question: 7 Not that it has happened yet but the age of the computer was meant to introduce the idea of the paper....... office.

minus few least less Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [less]

Notes: Not that it has happened yet but the age of the computer was meant to introduce the idea of the paperless office.

Question: 8 The main work has just been completed and all we have to do now is finish the paper ........

task job work function Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [work]

Notes: The main work has just been completed and all we have to do now is finish the paper work.

Question: 9 She was given a very decorative paper ....... to stop all her papers blowing away once the window was opened.

weight heavy block stone Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [weight]

Notes: She was given a very decorative paper weight to stop all her papers blowing away once the window was opened.

Question: 10 Her first novel was a huge success and it was only a few weeks after publication that the paper ....... came out.

side edition back book Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [back]

Notes: Her first novel was a huge success and it was only a few weeks after publication that the paper back came out.