Exercise - 17

Question: 1 What ....... to be the trouble?

Correct Answer : 1 [seems]

Notes: What seems to be the trouble?

Question: 2 It ....... every time I drink a cup of tea.

Correct Answer : 2 [happens]

Notes: It happens every time I drink a cup of tea.

Question: 3 Can you give me a little more ....... ?

Correct Answer : 3 [detail]

Notes: Can you give me a little more detail?

Question: 4 Well, I get a ....... in my right eye every time I drink a cup of tea.

Correct Answer : 4 [pain]

Notes: Well, I get a pain in my right eye every time I drink a cup of tea.

Question: 5 Do you drink a ....... of tea with sugar?

Correct Answer : 5 [lot]

Notes: Do you drink a lot of tea with sugar?

Question: 6 Yes, I ....... .

Correct Answer : 6 [do]

Notes: Yes, I do.

Question: 7 I can't ....... give up drinking tea, doctor.

Correct Answer : 7 [possibly]

Notes: I can't possibly give up drinking tea, doctor.

Question: 8 I'm not ....... you to do that but next time you drink tea with sugar...

Correct Answer : 8 [asking]

Notes: I'm not asking you to do that but next time you drink tea with sugar...

Question: 9 Yes, doctor I'm sorry I ....... you.

Correct Answer : 9 [interrupted]

Notes: Yes, doctor I'm sorry I interrupted you.

Question: 10 Next time you drink tea with sugar, don't forget to ....... the spoon.

Correct Answer : 10 [remove]

Notes: Next time you drink tea with sugar, don't forget to remove the spoon.

Question: 1 Do you know the difference .......?

Correct Answer : 1 [between will and shall]

Notes: Do you know the difference between will and shall?

Question: 2 I can see from the expression on your face that you haven't ........

Correct Answer : 2 [got a clue]

Notes: I can see from the expression on your face that you haven't got a clue.

Question: 3 I think the best way is to tell you a story that ........

Correct Answer : 3 [explains the difference]

Notes: I think the best way is to tell you a story that explains the difference.

Question: 4 The main difference is that 'I will' ........

Correct Answer : 4 [means 'I want to']

Notes: The main difference is that 'I will' means 'I want to'.

Question: 5 If you say 'I shall' then you are talking ........

Correct Answer : 5 [about the future]

Notes: If you say 'I shall' then you are talking about the future.

Question: 6 I want you to imagine that a man is walking ........

Correct Answer : 6 [in the country]

Notes: I want you to imagine that a man is walking in the country.

Question: 7 After a few minutes he ........

Correct Answer : 7 [reaches a river]

Notes: After a few minutes he reaches a river.

Question: 8 There is a man in the river fully clothed who is ........

Correct Answer : 8 [in difficulties]

Notes: There is a man in the river fully clothed who is in difficulties.

Question: 9 The man in the river keeps ........

Correct Answer : 9 [calling out 'I will drown, I will drown']

Notes: The man in the river keeps calling out 'I will drown, I will drown'.

Question: 10 The man on the river bank, who is good at grammar, thinks the man really wants to drown, walks on and ........

Correct Answer : 10 [lets him drown]

Notes: The man on the river bank, who is good at grammar, thinks the man really wants to drown, walks on and lets him drown.

Question: 1 We often hear that such and such a piece of information cannot be released into the public ....... in the interest of national security.

Correct Answer : 1 [domain]

Notes: We often hear that such and such a piece of information cannot be released into the public domain in the interest of national security.

Question: 2 Journalists however love to get hold of a story somehow but they run the risk of facing a ....... if they break the official secrects act.

Correct Answer : 2 [backlash]

Notes: Journalists however love to get hold of a story somehow but they run the risk of facing a backlash if they break the official secrects act.

Question: 3 When there is a ....... inquiry taking place, the rush to get more details is intense.

Correct Answer : 3 [high profile]

Notes: When there is a high profile inquiry taking place, the rush to get more details is intense.

Question: 4 The more the authorities try to conceal what is happening, the more it fuels ....... about what might be happening.

Correct Answer : 4 [speculation]

Notes: The more the authorities try to conceal what is happening, the more it fuels speculation about what might be happening.

Question: 5 Sometimes a journalist will get hold of sensitive information knowing that he will get ....... by government agencies if he dares reveal it.

Correct Answer : 5 [savaged]

Notes: Sometimes a journalist will get hold of sensitive information knowing that he will get savaged by government agencies if he dares reveal it.

Question: 6 The person in charge of the enquiry will occasionally ....... what can be disclosed in newspapers.

Correct Answer : 6 [signal]

Notes: The person in charge of the enquiry will occasionally signal what can be disclosed in newspapers.

Question: 7 Once this disclosure is ....... it's the job of the journalist to follow it through to a satisfactory conclusion.

Correct Answer : 7 [highlighted]

Notes: Once this disclosure is highlighted it's the job of the journalist to follow it through to a satisfactory conclusion.

Question: 8 Mind you it has to be a convincing article because the reading public can soon see through the ....... of a weak argument.

Correct Answer : 8 [transparency]

Notes: Mind you it has to be a convincing article because the reading public can soon see through the transparency of a weak argument.

Question: 9 The question must always be in the mind of the writer whether what is being written is likely to ....... a threat to the safety of the community at large.

Correct Answer : 9 [pose]

Notes: The question must always be in the mind of the writer whether what is being written is likely to pose a threat to the safety of the community at large.

Question: 10 The last possible thing that anyone wants to happen to their country is to turn it into a ....... for troublemakers.

Correct Answer : 10 [haven]

Notes: The last possible thing that anyone wants to happen to their country is to turn it into a haven for troublemakers.