Exercise - 42

Question: 1 ....... you please bring me my notebook?

Correct Answer : 1 [Will]

Notes: Will you please bring me my notebook?

Question: 2 ....... you please bring me my notebook?

Correct Answer : 2 [Would]

Notes: Would you please bring me my notebook?

Question: 3 ....... you please bring me my notebook?

Correct Answer : 3 [Can]

Notes: Can you please bring me my notebook?

Question: 4 ....... you please bring me my notebook?

Correct Answer : 4 [Could]

Notes: Could you please bring me my notebook?

Question: 5 ....... you want some water?

Correct Answer : 5 [Do]

Notes: Do you want some water?

Question: 6 ....... you like some water?

Correct Answer : 6 [Would]

Notes: Would you like some water?

Question: 7 ....... I ride with you to work?

Correct Answer : 7 [Can]

Notes: Can I ride with you to work?

Question: 8 ....... I ride with you to work?

Correct Answer : 8 [May]

Notes: May I ride with you to work?

Question: 9 ....... I could ride with you to work?

Correct Answer : 9 [Is there any way]

Notes: Is there any way I could ride with you to work?

Question: 10 ....... I ride with you to work?

Correct Answer : 10 [Would you mind if]

Notes: Would you mind if I ride with you to work?

Question: 1 Welcome to Radio News and now over to our ....... who's covering the procession this morning.

Correct Answer : 1 [reporter]

Notes: Welcome to Radio News and now over to our reporter who's covering the procession this morning.

Question: 2 Hi listeners, I should explain that I have a ....... eye view of this magnificent sight as the parade passes underneath me.

Correct Answer : 2 [bird's]

Notes: Hi listeners, I should explain that I have a bird's eye view of this magnificent sight as the parade passes underneath me.

Question: 3 To tell you the truth I shouldn't be ....... up here on top of this large statue of Field Marshal Smith.

Correct Answer : 3 [perched]

Notes: To tell you the truth I shouldn't be perched up here on top of this large statue of Field Marshal Smith.

Question: 4 There is a long line of soldiers on horseback marching to the sound of a ....... band.

Correct Answer : 4 [brass]

Notes: There is a long line of soldiers on horseback marching to the sound of a brass band.

Question: 5 It really is quite uncomfortable up here and there's a policeman ....... at me, which I don't like.

Correct Answer : 5 [staring]

Notes: It really is quite uncomfortable up here and there's a policeman staring at me, which I don't like.

Question: 6 After the soldiers I can see a group of circus ....... who are jumping and dancing as they go.

Correct Answer : 6 [performers]

Notes: After the soldiers I can see a group of circus performers who are jumping and dancing as they go.

Question: 7 Next I can see some pensioners slowly moving along the road and some can't walk and are in ........

Correct Answer : 7 [wheelchairs]

Notes: Next I can see some pensioners slowly moving along the road and some can't walk and are in wheelchairs.

Question: 8 That policeman is getting out his ....... and walking near the statue I'm sitting on.

Correct Answer : 8 [notebook]

Notes: That policeman is getting out his notebook and walking near the statue I'm sitting on.

Question: 9 It has started to rain and I shall get ....... to the skin if I stay much longer up here.

Correct Answer : 9 [soaked]

Notes: It has started to rain and I shall get soaked to the skin if I stay much longer up here.

Question: 10 Oh dear, listeners, I shall have to return you to the studio because the policeman says he is going to ....... me.

Correct Answer : 10 [arrest]

Notes: Oh dear, listeners, I shall have to return you to the studio because the policeman says he is going to arrest me.

Question: 1 Without offending the ....... of your host, you could also say:

Correct Answer : 1 [hospitality]

Notes: Without offending the hospitality of your host, you could also say:

Question: 2 I think it's time for me to hit the sack, which need be no ....... of the softness of the mattress.

Correct Answer : 2 [criticism]

Notes: I think it's time for me to hit the sack, which need be no criticism of the softness of the mattress.

Question: 3 And ....... very important people are not described as simply going to bed but rather retiring for the night.

Correct Answer : 3 [incidentally]

Notes: And incidentally very important people are not described as simply going to bed but rather retiring for the night.

Question: 4 Somehow it sounds just a bit more ........

Correct Answer : 4 [dignified]

Notes: Somehow it sounds just a bit more dignified.

Question: 5 Of course should your guests be ....... to go home to their own beds

Correct Answer : 5 [unwilling]

Notes: Of course should your guests be unwilling to go home to their own beds

Question: 6 and you have a strong desire to be ....... of them and go to sleep

Correct Answer : 6 [rid]

Notes: and you have a strong desire to be rid of them and go to sleep

Question: 7 you could be subtle and ....... up the sitting room clock

Correct Answer : 7 [wind]

Notes: you could be subtle and wind up the sitting room clock

Question: 8 look at your watch ....... or even yawn.

Correct Answer : 8 [anxiously]

Notes: look at your watch anxiously or even yawn.

Question: 9 But if you have no ....... at all, the best thing is to drop off or nod off in the middle of the conversation.

Correct Answer : 9 [inhibitions]

Notes: But if you have no inhibitions at all, the best thing is to drop off or nod off in the middle of the conversation.

Question: 10 And if all else ....... go upstairs and come down again in your pyjamas.

Correct Answer : 10 [fails]

Notes: And if all else fails go upstairs and come down again in your pyjamas.