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.