Exercise – 43
Question: 1 Flowers ……. good.
Correct Answer : 1 [smell]
Notes: Flowers smell good.
Question: 2 My ……. colour is green.
Correct Answer : 2 [favourite]
Notes: My favourite colour is green.
Question: 3 My mom is ……. Africa.
Correct Answer : 3 [from]
Notes: My mom is from Africa.
Question: 4 There are 7 kids ……. my family.
Correct Answer : 4 [in]
Notes: There are 7 kids in my family.
Question: 5 ……. of my parents live in the United States of America.
Correct Answer : 5 [Both]
Notes: Both of my parents live in the United States of America.
Question: 6 ……. 4 of my grandparents are still alive.
Correct Answer : 6 [All]
Notes: All 4 of my grandparents are still alive.
Question: 7 ……. you leave my shoes outside last night?
Correct Answer : 7 [Did]
Notes: Did you leave my shoes outside last night?
Question: 8 I really like ……. spaghetti.
Correct Answer : 8 [to eat]
Notes: I really like to eat spaghetti.
Question: 9 ……. drive me home later?
Correct Answer : 9 [Do you think you can]
Notes: Do you think you can drive me home later?
Question: 10 It is a rule: if you ride in my car you ……. wear your seatbelt.
Correct Answer : 10 [have to]
Notes: It is a rule: if you ride in my car you have to wear your seatbelt.
Question: 1 Ladies and gentlemen it is a very great privilege for me to be asked to make a speech about the bride and her ……..
Correct Answer : 1 [groom]
Notes: Ladies and gentlemen it is a very great privilege for me to be asked to make a speech about the bride and her groom.
Question: 2 I have known Sally and Paul since we were at school ……..
Correct Answer : 2 [together]
Notes: I have known Sally and Paul since we were at school together.
Question: 3 Most people considered that they were ……. for each other even in those days.
Correct Answer : 3 [made]
Notes: Most people considered that they were made for each other even in those days.
Question: 4 The other students described them as Romeo and Juliet and used to make fun of them behind their ……..
Correct Answer : 4 [backs]
Notes: The other students described them as Romeo and Juliet and used to make fun of them behind their backs.
Question: 5 Neither of them was at all ……. by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.
Correct Answer : 5 [deterred]
Notes: Neither of them was at all deterred by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.
Question: 6 The teachers had a ……. spot for them too and were sympathetic if there was any trouble between them.
Correct Answer : 6 [soft]
Notes: The teachers had a soft spot for them too and were sympathetic if there was any trouble between them.
Question: 7 Then they both left school and both started working, as you can ……. , for the same company.
Correct Answer : 7 [imagine]
Notes: Then they both left school and both started working, as you can imagine, for the same company.
Question: 8 When the announcement was made about their ……. , there was a big celebration.
Correct Answer : 8 [engagement]
Notes: When the announcement was made about their engagement, there was a big celebration.
Question: 9 No one was surprised because everyone took it for ……. that one day they would marry.
Correct Answer : 9 [granted]
Notes: No one was surprised because everyone took it for granted that one day they would marry.
Question: 10 Mind you I was surprised because you see I find it quite ……. why on earth she didn’t marry me.
Correct Answer : 10 [unbelievable]
Notes: Mind you I was surprised because you see I find it quite unbelievable why on earth she didn’t marry me.
Question: 1 There are several ……. that describe the state of being asleep
Correct Answer : 1 [expressions]
Notes: There are several expressions that describe the state of being asleep
Question: 2 and most seem to ……. to deep sleep like being sound asleep or fast asleep
Correct Answer : 2 [refer]
Notes: and most seem to refer to deep sleep like being sound asleep or fast asleep
Question: 3 There are also some ……. describing deep sleep: to sleep like a top, like a baby, like a log
Correct Answer : 3 [comparisons]
Notes: There are also some comparisons describing deep sleep: to sleep like a top, like a baby, like a log
Question: 4 When the sleeper totally refuses to be ……. , we say they are sleeping like the dead.
Correct Answer : 4 [disturbed]
Notes: When the sleeper totally refuses to be disturbed, we say they are sleeping like the dead.
Question: 5 More colloquial expressions speak of someone being out like a light, spark out or for a very ……. sleeper dead to the world
Correct Answer : 5 [heavy]
Notes: More colloquial expressions speak of someone being out like a light, spark out or for a very heavy sleeper dead to the world
Question: 6 Well, I don’t know about you but all this is having a very soporific ……. on me
Correct Answer : 6 [effect]
Notes: Well, I don’t know about you but all this is having a very soporific effect on me
Question: 7 but just assuming you are ……. awake and in the land of the living
Correct Answer : 7 [wide]
Notes: but just assuming you are wide awake and in the land of the living
Question: 8 let me leave you with a ……. expression. Next time you’re off upstairs to bed
Correct Answer : 8 [final]
Notes: let me leave you with a final expression. Next time you’re off upstairs to bed
Question: 9 give the rest of the house a surprise by showing ……. your classical education and say:
Correct Answer : 9 [off]
Notes: give the rest of the house a surprise by showing off your classical education and say:
Question: 10 Well I think I’ll be off now and ……. my rest in the arms of Morpheus. Happy dreams!
Correct Answer : 10 [take]
Notes: Well I think I’ll be off now and take my rest in the arms of Morpheus. Happy dreams!