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Exercise – 36

Question: 1 The pencils and paper ……. on your desk.

Correct Answer : 1 [are]

Notes: The pencils and paper are on your desk.

Question: 2 ……. do you like to do on the weekends?

Correct Answer : 2 [What]

Notes: What do you like to do on the weekends?

Question: 3 My sister is ……. home today.

Correct Answer : 3 [at]

Notes: My sister is at home today.

Question: 4 ……. am an engineer.

Correct Answer : 4 [I]

Notes: I am an engineer.

Question: 5 The bathroom is ……. to the front door.

Correct Answer : 5 [next]

Notes: The bathroom is next to the front door.

Question: 6 He always works ……. hard.

Correct Answer : 6 [very]

Notes: He always works very hard.

Question: 7 Do you ……. time to go to the store for me?

Correct Answer : 7 [have]

Notes: Do you have time to go to the store for me?

Question: 8 She is ……. athlete.

Correct Answer : 8 [an]

Notes: She is an athlete.

Question: 9 There are 12 ……. in a year.

Correct Answer : 9 [months]

Notes: There are 12 months in a year.

Question: 10 Driving to work in a car is much ……. than riding a bicycle.

Correct Answer : 10 [faster]

Notes: Driving to work in a car is much faster than riding a bicycle.

Question: 1 Why didn’t you ……. up for work yesterday?

Correct Answer : 1 [turn]

Notes: Why didn’t you turn up for work yesterday?

Question: 2 To be honest I was feeling a bit ……. down.

Correct Answer : 2 [run]

Notes: To be honest I was feeling a bit run down.

Question: 3 Well, I don’t think that’s a very good reason and you must ……. up with a better explanation.

Correct Answer : 3 [come]

Notes: Well, I don’t think that’s a very good reason and you must come up with a better explanation.

Question: 4 I’m sorry I’m not sure I can ……. it across any better.

Correct Answer : 4 [put]

Notes: I’m sorry I’m not sure I can put it across any better.

Question: 5 Now, I must insist as your supervisor if you really want to ……. on in your career, you must tell me the truth.

Correct Answer : 5 [get]

Notes: Now, I must insist as your supervisor if you really want to get on in your career, you must tell me the truth.

Question: 6 All right I ……. up, I’ll tell you the truth.

Correct Answer : 6 [give]

Notes: All right I give up, I’ll tell you the truth.

Question: 7 Now, you’re being sensible — ……. on.

Correct Answer : 7 [carry]

Notes: Now, you’re being sensible — carry on.

Question: 8 Well, I won’t ……. up any more excuses. I wasn’t here yesterday because I went to a football match.

Correct Answer : 8 [make]

Notes: Well, I won’t make up any more excuses. I wasn’t here yesterday because I went to a football match.

Question: 9 Thank you for your honesty. Now ……. up that piece of paper.

Correct Answer : 9 [pick]

Notes: Thank you for your honesty. Now pick up that piece of paper.

Question: 10 Right. What’s this? Oh no, you’re ……. me out of the firm.

Correct Answer : 10 [throwing]

Notes: Right. What’s this? Oh no, you’re throwing me out of the firm.

Question: 1 I’m suspicious really because at the back of my ……. I don’t trust them.

Correct Answer : 1 [mind]

Notes: I’m suspicious really because at the back of my mind I don’t trust them.

Question: 2 He said he’d read my funny story and had laughed twice, which was a sort of back ……. compliment.

Correct Answer : 2 [handed]

Notes: He said he’d read my funny story and had laughed twice, which was a sort of back handed compliment.

Question: 3 She was a very famous film star some 40 years ago but now she’s regarded as unimportant — a sort of back ……..

Correct Answer : 3 [number]

Notes: She was a very famous film star some 40 years ago but now she’s regarded as unimportant — a sort of back number.

Question: 4 He’s having trouble with his mother-in-law because she likes to control everything rather like a backseat ……..

Correct Answer : 4 [driver]

Notes: He’s having trouble with his mother-in-law because she likes to control everything rather like a backseat driver.

Question: 5 Where we live is a sort of back……. because nobody here knows what’s going on in the world.

Correct Answer : 5 [water]

Notes: Where we live is a sort of backwater because nobody here knows what’s going on in the world.

Question: 6 She’s the sort of person who can’t bear being secretive and will never talk about you ……. your back.

Correct Answer : 6 [behind]

Notes: She’s the sort of person who can’t bear being secretive and will never talk about you behind your back.

Question: 7 There’s still some way to go with this latest project but I think we’ve ……. the back of it.

Correct Answer : 7 [broken]

Notes: There’s still some way to go with this latest project but I think we’ve broken the back of it.

Question: 8 I’ve lived here all my life and know every single road and street like the back of my ……..

Correct Answer : 8 [hand]

Notes: I’ve lived here all my life and know every single road and street like the back of my hand.

Question: 9 Poor woman since she got knocked down by a car, she’s been ……. on her back.

Correct Answer : 9 [flat]

Notes: Poor woman since she got knocked down by a car, she’s been flat on her back.

Question: 10 He’s one of those irritating people who manages within a few minutes of meeting someone to ……. their back up.

Correct Answer : 10 [put]

Notes: He’s one of those irritating people who manages within a few minutes of meeting someone to put their back up.