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Exercise – 39

Question: 1 She likes ……. running.

Correct Answer : 1 [to go]

Notes: She likes to go running.

Question: 2 John ……. his bicycle every day.

Correct Answer : 2 [rides]

Notes: John rides his bicycle every day.

Question: 3 I ……. to school every day.

Correct Answer : 3 [walk]

Notes: I walk to school every day.

Question: 4 ……. play guitar all the time.

Correct Answer : 4 [They]

Notes: They play guitar all the time.

Question: 5 Do you like …….?

Correct Answer : 5 [to dance]

Notes: Do you like to dance?

Question: 6 When I was a child I ……. to climb trees.

Correct Answer : 6 [liked]

Notes: When I was a child I liked to climb trees.

Question: 7 It is a good idea ……. every day.

Correct Answer : 7 [to exercise]

Notes: It is a good idea to exercise every day.

Question: 8 We went ……. every day in our neighbors’ swimming pool.

Correct Answer : 8 [swimming]

Notes: We went swimming every day in our neighbors’ swimming pool.

Question: 9 There ……. a race next week.

Correct Answer : 9 [will be]

Notes: There will be a race next week.

Question: 10 Soccer ……. now a popular sport in most countries.

Correct Answer : 10 [is]

Notes: Soccer is now a popular sport in most countries.

Question: 1 Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for your ……. of our performance.

Correct Answer : 1 [appreciation]

Notes: Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for your appreciation of our performance.

Question: 2 We have done this play many times in different towns but your ……. has been the greatest so far.

Correct Answer : 2 [applause]

Notes: We have done this play many times in different towns but your applause has been the greatest so far.

Question: 3 We will always remember the way you stood up and ……. at some of the speeches in the play.

Correct Answer : 3 [clapped]

Notes: We will always remember the way you stood up and clapped at some of the speeches in the play.

Question: 4 Our leading actor is unable to come on the stage at the moment because he is ……. with emotion.

Correct Answer : 4 [overcome]

Notes: Our leading actor is unable to come on the stage at the moment because he is overcome with emotion.

Question: 5 Don’t worry I’m sure it’s only ……. and that he’ll soon recover before the next performance.

Correct Answer : 5 [temporary]

Notes: Don’t worry I’m sure it’s only temporary and that he’ll soon recover before the next performance.

Question: 6 That is the reason why I am standing here and making this short ……..

Correct Answer : 6 [speech]

Notes: That is the reason why I am standing here and making this short speech.

Question: 7 The leading lady is also absent from our stage and you can probably hear her ……. her heart out as I speak.

Correct Answer : 7 [sobbing]

Notes: The leading lady is also absent from our stage and you can probably hear her sobbing her heart out as I speak.

Question: 8 I think that the main ……. for all this emotion is probably the way you have reacted to the play.

Correct Answer : 8 [reason]

Notes: I think that the main reason for all this emotion is probably the way you have reacted to the play.

Question: 9 You see throughout our ……. season we have never received so much laughter as we have from you.

Correct Answer : 9 [current]

Notes: You see throughout our current season we have never received so much laughter as we have from you.

Question: 10 The reason for this is possibly that you thought it was a ……. but in fact it is a tragedy.

Correct Answer : 10 [comedy]

Notes: The reason for this is possibly that you thought it was a comedy but in fact it is a tragedy.

Question: 1 A bird in the hand is worth two in the ……. as they say when you have at least one definite thing in contrast to two uncertain things.

Correct Answer : 1 [bush]

Notes: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as they say when you have at least one definite thing in contrast to two uncertain things.

Question: 2 It wouldn’t take much for me to cancel that trip in fact for two ……. I think I will.

Correct Answer : 2 [pins]

Notes: It wouldn’t take much for me to cancel that trip in fact for two pins I think I will.

Question: 0 te honestly I really can’t decide which one to choose — I’m what you might say in two ……..

Correct Answer : 0 [wer Keys) Questions Index]

Notes: lish Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 39

Question: 4 I promise I’ll be very quick indeed and I’ll be back in two ……. of a lamb’s tail.

Correct Answer : 4 [shakes]

Notes: I promise I’ll be very quick indeed and I’ll be back in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.

Question: 5 I’ll see to that in two ……. and it’ll be all over in a minute.

Correct Answer : 5 [ticks]

Notes: I’ll see to that in two ticks and it’ll be all over in a minute.

Question: 6 You honestly can’t tell one twin from another as they are like as two ……. in a pod.

Correct Answer : 6 [peas]

Notes: You honestly can’t tell one twin from another as they are like as two peas in a pod.

Question: 7 I worked out the answer in the end by putting two and two ……..

Correct Answer : 7 [together]

Notes: I worked out the answer in the end by putting two and two together.

Question: 8 I’m sorry I can’t accept any other explanation. My mind is made up and there are no two ……. about it.

Correct Answer : 8 [ways]

Notes: I’m sorry I can’t accept any other explanation. My mind is made up and there are no two ways about it.

Question: 9 I honestly wouldn’t trust either of them. They both think the same way and they’re two of a ……..

Correct Answer : 9 [kind]

Notes: I honestly wouldn’t trust either of them. They both think the same way and they’re two of a kind.

Question: 10 I can see you’re angry and want to do the same to them but remember that two wrongs don’t make a ……..

Correct Answer : 10 [right]

Notes: I can see you’re angry and want to do the same to them but remember that two wrongs don’t make a right.