Exercise - 62
Question: 1 I was jogging in the park this morning and saw this dog coming ....... me. It looked like he was going attack me, but he was just trying to reach out for his owner who was running right behind me.
Correct Answer : 1 [towards]
Notes: I was jogging in the park this morning and saw this dog coming towards me. It looked like he was going attack me, but he was just trying to reach out for his owner who was running right behind me.
Question: 2 Barbara, your boyfriend is waiting for you ....... in the car.
Correct Answer : 2 [outside]
Notes: Barbara, your boyfriend is waiting for you outside in the car.
Question: 3 I heard a glass breaking noise in the living room and ran to see what happened. A pigeon flew ....... the window and broke it.
Correct Answer : 3 [against]
Notes: I heard a glass breaking noise in the living room and ran to see what happened. A pigeon flew against the window and broke it.
Question: 4 Suzanne who lives ....... that coffee shop place, came over to visit you this morning.
Correct Answer : 4 [by]
Notes: Suzanne who lives by that coffee shop place, came over to visit you this morning.
Question: 5 I don't know how many times I have told my daughter to look at both sides before running ....... the street.
Correct Answer : 5 [across]
Notes: I don't know how many times I have told my daughter to look at both sides before running across the street.
Question: 6 My house is ....... the grocery store and the gas station.
Correct Answer : 6 [between]
Notes: My house is between the grocery store and the gas station.
Question: 7 The temperature in Washington D.C today is eight degrees ....... zero.
Correct Answer : 7 [below]
Notes: The temperature in Washington D.C today is eight degrees below zero.
Question: 8 The cat is sitting ....... the wall.
Correct Answer : 8 [on]
Notes: The cat is sitting on the wall.
Question: 9 As soon as Bob heard his boss coming, he jumped ....... his chair and prentended he was working.
Correct Answer : 9 [for]
Notes: As soon as Bob heard his boss coming, he jumped for his chair and prentended he was working.
Question: 10 Frederick lives ....... the hill, where all the mansions are.
Correct Answer : 10 [up]
Notes: Frederick lives up the hill, where all the mansions are.
Question: 1 I did just that but in my ....... I dropped a small packet that fell into a puddle.
Correct Answer : 1 [haste]
Notes: I did just that but in my haste I dropped a small packet that fell into a puddle.
Question: 2 I didn't have the courage to make another assault on the house. Instead I took it home to ....... it out.
Correct Answer : 2 [dry]
Notes: I didn't have the courage to make another assault on the house. Instead I took it home to dry it out.
Question: 3 I knew if I told Ted he would talk a lot about being strictly against the rules but I was convinced it didn't ........
Correct Answer : 3 [matter]
Notes: I knew if I told Ted he would talk a lot about being strictly against the rules but I was convinced it didn't matter.
Question: 4 In my kitchen I looked at the address and saw the recipient was a Master Richard. I was ashamed of my .......
Correct Answer : 4 [cowardice]
Notes: In my kitchen I looked at the address and saw the recipient was a Master Richard. I was ashamed of my cowardice
Question: 5 and thought I was depriving a young child of his Christmas present from some loving ........
Correct Answer : 5 [relative]
Notes: and thought I was depriving a young child of his Christmas present from some loving relative.
Question: 6 I rubbed the package with a towel and went quickly again to number 56 hurrying down the path in the true ....... of the season,
Correct Answer : 6 [spirit]
Notes: I rubbed the package with a towel and went quickly again to number 56 hurrying down the path in the true spirit of the season,
Question: 7 clutching the precious bundle in my hand I ....... it through the letter box
Correct Answer : 7 [thrust]
Notes: clutching the precious bundle in my hand I thrust it through the letter box
Question: 8 expecting to hear a happy ....... of surprise from young Richard. As I hurried away
Correct Answer : 8 [yelp]
Notes: expecting to hear a happy yelp of surprise from young Richard. As I hurried away
Question: 9 to the sound of the ....... dog, I knocked by accident the garden gate just in time to hear a voice shouting:
Correct Answer : 9 [barking]
Notes: to the sound of the barking dog, I knocked by accident the garden gate just in time to hear a voice shouting:
Question: 10 Master Richard! When will that woman realise I'm over fifty and can't ....... knitted socks!
Correct Answer : 10 [stand]
Notes: Master Richard! When will that woman realise I'm over fifty and can't stand knitted socks!
Question: 1 No sooner ....... I shut the door, when the telephone rang.
Correct Answer : 1 [had]
Notes: No sooner had I shut the door, when the telephone rang.
Question: 2 By the time I had reached the bottom of the mountain, I ....... extremely tired.
Correct Answer : 2 [felt]
Notes: By the time I had reached the bottom of the mountain, I felt extremely tired.
Question: 3 When he was only thirty years old, he ....... already experienced what most people only experience when they are much older.
Correct Answer : 3 [had]
Notes: When he was only thirty years old, he had already experienced what most people only experience when they are much older.
Question: 4 The witness ....... everyone that he hadn't had anything to do with the crime.
Correct Answer : 4 [convinced]
Notes: The witness convinced everyone that he hadn't had anything to do with the crime.
Question: 5 We asked him why he ....... telephoned earlier.
Correct Answer : 5 [hadn't]
Notes: We asked him why he hadn't telephoned earlier.
Question: 6 Actually I had ....... it to her before we set out.
Correct Answer : 6 [mentioned]
Notes: Actually I had mentioned it to her before we set out.
Question: 7 I must admit I ....... thought how the story would finish before I read the book.
Correct Answer : 7 [hadn't]
Notes: I must admit I hadn't thought how the story would finish before I read the book.
Question: 8 I'd had scarcely any time to think about it before they ....... me for my opinion.
Correct Answer : 8 [asked]
Notes: I'd had scarcely any time to think about it before they asked me for my opinion.
Question: 9 He realized he ....... left it in the car before he reported it lost.
Correct Answer : 9 [had]
Notes: He realized he had left it in the car before he reported it lost.
Question: 10 It ....... a great shock to everyone because he hadn't said a word for 10 years.
Correct Answer : 10 [was]
Notes: It was a great shock to everyone because he hadn't said a word for 10 years.