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EXAMPLE. John __________ not here today.
are be is am
The correct answer is: 'is'.
1. If I hadn't __________ by an expert, it wouldn't look so nice.
had it done done it have it done have done it
2. __________ say anything more.
I'd rather not I hadn't rather I rather didn't I'd rather not to
3. Mr Jones says you are all to __________ an extra day off.
have given being given be given give
4. Which sentence is closest in meaning to the sentence underlined? My daughter has married a ninety-year old man. It doesn't bear thinking about.
It's difficult to think about it. I never thought of that. I don't want to think about it. Whatever made her decide to do that?
5. __________ popular opinion, many Welsh people do not speak Welsh.
Despite Against Contrary to Opposite
6. Three of these verbs have the same form for past tense and past participle, like sit - sat - sat. Which one is different?
wring sting hang ring
7. Is it possible to be inoculated __________ the illness called love?
for against in to
8. I should like to emphasize __________ the difference between hope and wish.
on for - to
9. Can I please have a room __________ my own when I grow up?
for by to of
10. Payment of this invoice should be made __________ thirty days.
within before by up to
11. They __________ lip service to the issue, but they won't do anything about it.
show make pay do
12. Doctor, what's this lump on my head? Let me __________ your mind at rest. It's nothing serious.
turn bring make set
13. Was I asleep? I must have __________ off.
slipped fallen dipped nodded
14. Please don't walk so quickly. I can hardly keep __________ you.
next to up with aside of along with
15. The strikers refused to accept the management's offer, but decided instead to stick __________ better working conditions.
out for on to up with back on
EXAMPLE. How long did it __________ you to knit that scarf?
take need bring make
The correct answer is: 'take'.
16. The tap is __________ . It probably needs a new washer.
watering dripping trickling dropping
17. The guerillas attacked the village. Nobody was left alive: they __________ every one of the inhabitants.
assassinated slaughtered decimated disposed
18. She divorced him on the __________ of cruelty.
grounds basis reasons causes
19. The play was badly under-rehearsed. Finally the audience started booing and __________ the players.
sneering sniggering jeering clapping
20. Parks, swimming pools and libraries are all examples of public __________ .
conveniences entertainments provisions amenities
21. There are a lot of crooked people in big cities. If you don't want to be cheated, you'll need to keep your __________ about you.
mind wits head brains
22. If you want to marry the boss's daughter, you'll have to go in and tell him straight: go on, be a man: take the bull by the __________ !
tail horns teeth hair
23. It was supposed to be a social occasion, but my wife and her boss talked __________ all through the meal.
shop through their hats off the cuff in turns
24. How do you calculate the distance to the horizon? As a __________ , it's 7 miles + 1 mile per 100 ft above sea level.
trick of the trade golden rule free hand rule of thumb
25. Nobody's seen him since the day he got up and walked out. He just vanished __________ .
behind the scenes under the counter into thin air like a shot in the dark
EXAMPLE. 'explain'.
expla- -inment expla- -nation expla- -inure expla- -nity
The correct answer is: 'explanation'.
26. Choose the ending which forms a noun related to the word 'revive'.
reviv- -acity reviv- -ation reviv- -al reviv- -eliness
27. Choose the ending which forms a noun related to the word 'seize'.
seiz- -ement seiz- -ure seiz- -al seiz- -e
28. Three of these words make their opposite by adding the prefix im-, e.g. mutable=> immutable. Find the one which does not.
plausible perceptible palatable passable
29. Only one of these words can be changed to another by changing -ful to -less, e.g., hopeful => hopeless. Which one is it?.
stressful woeful fearful eventful
30. Three of these words make their opposite by adding the prefix dis-, e.g., reputable=> disreputable. Find the one that does not.
fire appear continue allow
EXAMPLE. If you have broken both your legs, (1)__________ on a skiing holiday. After all, (2)__________ much fun watching others enjoying themselves on the ski slopes.
1.
everyone enjoys going what a good idea it would be to go why don't you go there's not much point in going
The correct answer is 'there's not much point in going'.
2.
what would be you wouldn't have you could have there would be
The correct answer is: 'you wouldn't have'.
(31)__________ the last joke had been told, every one of the twelve people attending the reading out of Henry's will was sitting perfectly still. desperately holding in the laughter that was bursting to get out. The suppressed laughter (32)__________ a pressure that it was like a volcano ready to erupt. Silence. Painful silence. Suddenly the lawyer sneezed. Then he took out a large red spotted handkerchief and blew his nose. Bbbrrrrrrppp. That was enough. Someone burst out laughing, (33)_________ to hold it any longer. That started the others off. (34)__________ they were all doubled up, tears streaming from their eyes, their shoulders heaving with laughter. Of course, they were not just laughing at the sneeze, nor even at the jokes. No, they were laughing at themselves (35)__________ that Henry had led them into his last, and funniest, practical joke, setting their need to laugh against their greed for money.
31.
By the time It was not until For several minutes after Nevertheless
32.
was so had built up such produced caused everyone to feel
33.
unable waiting till the last moment hoping to be able as there was no time
34.
Sooner or later, As it happens, In no time, After all,
35.
although they could see at last because there was no fear while it was clear as daylight as it dawned on each one of them
EXAMPLE.
learn bird heart worth
The correct answer is: 'heart'.
36.
surgeon thorough questions tough
37.
practice device service office
38.
title destiny divine align
39. Where does the stress fall in the word 'administrative'?
40. Three of these words can be pronounced in two different ways with a change of meaning, e.g., the verb reBEL and the noun REbel. Find the word which can be pronounced in only one way.
wound live tow minute