Exercise - 50

Question: 1 Charles: I don't think I've ....... you before in this pub.

see seen seeing saw Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [seen]

Notes: Charles: I don't think I've seen you before in this pub.

Question: 2 Deborah: No, this is my first ........

stay encounter meeting visit Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [visit]

Notes: Deborah: No, this is my first visit.

Question: 3 Charles: And I see you've ....... your little dog with you.

brining brings brought bought Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [brought]

Notes: Charles: And I see you've brought your little dog with you.

Question: 4 Deborah: Yes, he goes ....... with me.

everywhere all over somewhere nowhere Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [everywhere]

Notes: Deborah: Yes, he goes everywhere with me.

Question: 5 Charles: It's very good the way he sits at the table and eats his ....... with a knife and fork.

substance content sustenance food Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [food]

Notes: Charles: It's very good the way he sits at the table and eats his food with a knife and fork.

Question: 6 Deborah: Oh yes. He's very good. At home when he's ....... eating, he goes into the kitchen and washes up his plates.

finished ended ends finishes Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [finished]

Notes: Deborah: Oh yes. He's very good. At home when he's finished eating, he goes into the kitchen and washes up his plates.

Question: 7 Charles: That's really ....... I find that difficult to believe.

amaze amazing amazes amazed Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [amazing]

Notes: Charles: That's really amazing I find that difficult to believe.

Question: 8 Deborah: Believe me — he's a really wonderful dog and can do ....... things that people do.

much more most lots Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [most]

Notes: Deborah: Believe me — he's a really wonderful dog and can do most things that people do.

Question: 9 Charles: The one thing I've ....... is that he doesn't say anything.

remarked connected commented noticed Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [noticed]

Notes: Charles: The one thing I've noticed is that he doesn't say anything.

Question: 10 Deborah: Yes, that's right. He's not talking today because he's got a ....... throat.

sick sore ill hurt Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [sore]

Notes: Deborah: Yes, that's right. He's not talking today because he's got a sore throat.

Question: 1 Charlie didn't have much in the way of property — just ....... and pieces.

things dots bits section Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [bits]

Notes: Charlie didn't have much in the way of property — just bits and pieces.

Question: 2 In fact this was a piece of ....... for Charlie as it happened.

fortune gratitude thanks luck Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [luck]

Notes: In fact this was a piece of luck for Charlie as it happened.

Question: 3 Because when the ....... of the piece arrived in the shape of a burglar to steal something, he didn't find anything valuable.

villain peasant evil devil Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [villain]

Notes: Because when the villain of the piece arrived in the shape of a burglar to steal something, he didn't find anything valuable.

Question: 4 Charlie came home when the burglar was still there but he didn't ....... to pieces, he stayed calm.

find come go try Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [go]

Notes: Charlie came home when the burglar was still there but he didn't go to pieces, he stayed calm.

Question: 5 The burglar also had an assistant with him who clearly didn't want to get involved and have a piece of the ....... and fled.

activity action act acting Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [action]

Notes: The burglar also had an assistant with him who clearly didn't want to get involved and have a piece of the action and fled.

Question: 6 Charlie decided he would say exactly what he thought of the burglar and give him a piece of his ........

thoughts brain thinking mind Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [mind]

Notes: Charlie decided he would say exactly what he thought of the burglar and give him a piece of his mind.

Question: 7 He told him he was a wicked person and further he was a ....... piece of work.

horrible nasty disgusting bad Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [nasty]

Notes: He told him he was a wicked person and further he was a nasty piece of work.

Question: 8 The burglar explained that he didn't have a proper job and only did piece ........

works working work worker Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [work]

Notes: The burglar explained that he didn't have a proper job and only did piece work.

Question: 9 Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now — it was ....... of a piece with burgling.

some same complete all Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [all]

Notes: Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now — it was all of a piece with burgling.

Question: 10 Eventually the police arrived and were pleased to see Charlie was still all right and in ....... piece.

one fine good solid Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [one]

Notes: Eventually the police arrived and were pleased to see Charlie was still all right and in one piece.

Question: 1 You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly ....... to the other makes in this garage.

better clearer above superior Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [superior]

Notes: You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly superior to the other makes in this garage.

Question: 2 It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and ....... to slander.

same amount total extend Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [amount]

Notes: It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and amount to slander.

Question: 3 He ....... to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.

says believes claims intends Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [claims]

Notes: He claims to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.

Question: 4 In this biography she is ....... as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.

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Correct Answer : 4 [depicted]

Notes: In this biography she is depicted as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.

Question: 5 He had to be ....... from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.

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Correct Answer : 5 [isolated]

Notes: He had to be isolated from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.

Question: 6 It's not that I don't trust you ....... I must have some evidence of your identity.

although but also because Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [but]

Notes: It's not that I don't trust you but I must have some evidence of your identity.

Question: 7 The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and ....... with the latest equipment.

invested created provided tested Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [provided]

Notes: The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and provided with the latest equipment.

Question: 8 People used to think the cinema would be ....... by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.

supposed surrounded suppressed supplanted Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [supplanted]

Notes: People used to think the cinema would be supplanted by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.

Question: 9 She ....... to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.

appeared supposed stood credited Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [appeared]

Notes: She appeared to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.

Question: 10 There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better ....... with one another.

consuming convincing convening collaborating Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [collaborating]

Notes: There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better collaborating with one another.