Exercise - 55

Question: 1 Mrs Ashton: Excuse me but do you know ....... this train is going to London?

Correct Answer : 1 [if]

Notes: Mrs Ashton: Excuse me but do you know if this train is going to London?

Question: 2 Mr Corp: Oh yes, madam. She's ....... going to London.

Correct Answer : 2 [definitely]

Notes: Mr Corp: Oh yes, madam. She's definitely going to London.

Question: 3 Mrs Ashton: Well, that's good ........

Correct Answer : 3 [news]

Notes: Mrs Ashton: Well, that's good news.

Question: 4 Mr Corp: What ....... you say that, madam?

Correct Answer : 4 [makes]

Notes: Mr Corp: What makes you say that, madam?

Question: 5 Mrs Ashton: Well, last time I ....... by train, I got on the wrong one.

Correct Answer : 5 [travelled]

Notes: Mrs Ashton: Well, last time I travelled by train, I got on the wrong one.

Question: 6 Mr Corp: What ....... to you then?

Correct Answer : 6 [happened]

Notes: Mr Corp: What happened to you then?

Question: 7 Mrs Ashton: It was terrible because I ended ....... miles away from where I wanted to go.

Correct Answer : 7 [up]

Notes: Mrs Ashton: It was terrible because I ended up miles away from where I wanted to go.

Question: 8 Mr Corp: Well, you'll have no such ....... today, madam.

Correct Answer : 8 [problem]

Notes: Mr Corp: Well, you'll have no such problem today, madam.

Question: 9 Mrs Ashton: Look are you ....... the train's going to London. It's taking a long time to leave.

Correct Answer : 9 [sure]

Notes: Mrs Ashton: Look are you sure the train's going to London. It's taking a long time to leave.

Question: 10 Mr Corp: Don't you ....... madam. It is going to London but not for another 4 hours!

Correct Answer : 10 [worry]

Notes: Mr Corp: Don't you worry madam. It is going to London but not for another 4 hours!

Question: 1 May I ask you whether you have had a chance to ....... my case?

Correct Answer : 1 [consider]

Notes: May I ask you whether you have had a chance to consider my case?

Question: 2 Can I ....... it to you that the delay you have caused is not reasonable?

Correct Answer : 2 [put]

Notes: Can I put it to you that the delay you have caused is not reasonable?

Question: 3 Could I know why the business has ....... so long to conclude?

Correct Answer : 3 [taken]

Notes: Could I know why the business has taken so long to conclude?

Question: 4 May I make another ....... to ask you to explain the situation more clearly?

Correct Answer : 4 [attempt]

Notes: May I make another attempt to ask you to explain the situation more clearly?

Question: 5 I would be most interested to know why the committee has turned ....... my proposal.

Correct Answer : 5 [down]

Notes: I would be most interested to know why the committee has turned down my proposal.

Question: 6 We should be delighted to find out when the new scheme comes into ........

Correct Answer : 6 [effect]

Notes: We should be delighted to find out when the new scheme comes into effect.

Question: 7 How much is the new car ....... to cost me?

Correct Answer : 7 [going]

Notes: How much is the new car going to cost me?

Question: 8 When are you thinking of buying a ....... washing machine?

Correct Answer : 8 [new]

Notes: When are you thinking of buying a new washing machine?

Question: 9 What has ....... to your New Year resolution to stop smoking?

Correct Answer : 9 [happened]

Notes: What has happened to your New Year resolution to stop smoking?

Question: 10 Why do you always ....... me when I try to ask a question?

Correct Answer : 10 [interrupt]

Notes: Why do you always interrupt me when I try to ask a question?

Question: 1 The result of the election didn't give either candidate a clear majority but in the end the leader of the opposition agreed to step down and ....... to the wishes of the electorate.

Correct Answer : 1 [accede]

Notes: The result of the election didn't give either candidate a clear majority but in the end the leader of the opposition agreed to step down and accede to the wishes of the electorate.

Question: 2 The sound of the waterfall goes on all day and night and in the end the ....... noise gets on your nerves.

Correct Answer : 2 [incessant]

Notes: The sound of the waterfall goes on all day and night and in the end the incessant noise gets on your nerves.

Question: 3 I apologized for what seemed like a deliberate act of rudeness but I explained that it had been purely accidental and an ....... action on my part.

Correct Answer : 3 [inadvertent]

Notes: I apologized for what seemed like a deliberate act of rudeness but I explained that it had been purely accidental and an inadvertent action on my part.

Question: 4 Although it's a complicated subject the professor managed to make it all totally clear and ....... by her delivery.

Correct Answer : 4 [lucid]

Notes: Although it's a complicated subject the professor managed to make it all totally clear and lucid by her delivery.

Question: 5 When you take a party of tourists round a famous city there are always those who ....... and keep everybody else waiting.

Correct Answer : 5 [loiter]

Notes: When you take a party of tourists round a famous city there are always those who loiter and keep everybody else waiting.

Question: 6 Before she knew what had happened a man suddenly fell on her ....... across and stealing her handbag.

Correct Answer : 6 [lunging]

Notes: Before she knew what had happened a man suddenly fell on her lunging across and stealing her handbag.

Question: 7 There was absolutely no call for him to criticise her so cruelly and in almost a ....... manner.

Correct Answer : 7 [malicious]

Notes: There was absolutely no call for him to criticise her so cruelly and in almost a malicious manner.

Question: 8 There was absolutely no question about it he was the ....... idiot such as you'd find in one of those old farces.

Correct Answer : 8 [proverbial]

Notes: There was absolutely no question about it he was the proverbial idiot such as you'd find in one of those old farces.

Question: 9 You'll soon get used to his funny ways as it's one of the ....... of his personality.

Correct Answer : 9 [quirks]

Notes: You'll soon get used to his funny ways as it's one of the quirks of his personality.

Question: 10 He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him ....... a hundred meters down the road.

Correct Answer : 10 [raining]

Notes: He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him raining a hundred meters down the road.