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.