Exercise - 84

Question: 1 Mike: Please go away. I'm ....... a letter. I need some quiet.

Correct Answer : 1 [writing]

Notes: Mike: Please go away. I'm writing a letter. I need some quiet.

Question: 2 Sarah: I ....... I won't make a sound.

Correct Answer : 2 [promise]

Notes: Sarah: I promise I won't make a sound.

Question: 3 Mike: That's what you always ........

Correct Answer : 3 [say]

Notes: Mike: That's what you always say.

Question: 4 Sarah: I know but this time I ....... it.

Correct Answer : 4 [mean]

Notes: Sarah: I know but this time I mean it.

Question: 5 Mike: I don't honestly think you ....... telling the truth.

Correct Answer : 5 [are]

Notes: Mike: I don't honestly think you are telling the truth.

Question: 6 Sarah: At least ....... me a chance.

Correct Answer : 6 [give]

Notes: Sarah: At least give me a chance.

Question: 7 Mike: If I ....... , I know I shall regret it.

Correct Answer : 7 [do]

Notes: Mike: If I do, I know I shall regret it.

Question: 8 Sarah: No, you ....... .

Correct Answer : 8 [won't]

Notes: Sarah: No, you won't.

Question: 9 Mike: All right. You ....... stay as long as you don't make any noise.

Correct Answer : 9 [can]

Notes: Mike: All right. You can stay as long as you don't make any noise.

Question: 10 Sarah: Thank you very much. I shall be as quiet as a mouse but ....... just put the TV on.

Correct Answer : 10 [I'll]

Notes: Sarah: Thank you very much. I shall be as quiet as a mouse but I'll just put the TV on.

Question: 1 Although he had had a bad experience with his business, he treated it as water off a duck's back — means: ........

Correct Answer : 1 [of no importance]

Notes: Although he had had a bad experience with his business, he treated it as water off a duck's back — means:of no importance.

Question: 2 He was told that the new plan he'd developed just wouldn't hold water — means: ........

Correct Answer : 2 [wouldn't work]

Notes: He was told that the new plan he'd developed just wouldn't hold water — means: wouldn't work.

Question: 3 Every time we came up with a new proposal, he would throw cold water on it — means: ........

Correct Answer : 3 [discourage it]

Notes: Every time we came up with a new proposal, he would throw cold water on it — means: discourage it.

Question: 4 After all the money that she's borrowed and also spent, she now finds herself in deep water — means: ........

Correct Answer : 4 [in trouble]

Notes: After all the money that she's borrowed and also spent, she now finds herself in deep water — means: in trouble.

Question: 5 He's decided to make a fresh start and regards all his old problems as water under the bridge — means: ........

Correct Answer : 5 [not worth worrying about]

Notes: He's decided to make a fresh start and regards all his old problems as water under the bridge — means: not worth worrying about.

Question: 6 Once he's earned a bit of money he immediately spends it like water — means: ........

Correct Answer : 6 [spends it freely]

Notes: Once he's earned a bit of money he immediately spends it like water — means: spends it freely.

Question: 7 Whenever she goes to that club she always feels like a fish out of water — means: ........

Correct Answer : 7 [uncomfortable]

Notes: Whenever she goes to that club she always feels like a fish out of water — means: uncomfortable.

Question: 8 It's many years since we last met and a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then — means: ........

Correct Answer : 8 [a lot has happened]

Notes: It's many years since we last met and a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then — means: a lot has happened.

Question: 9 The jewels in that showcase are clearly of the first water — means: ........

Correct Answer : 9 [of high quality]

Notes: The jewels in that showcase are clearly of the first water — means: of high quality.

Question: 10 Their job as advisers was to pour oil on troubled waters — means: ........

Correct Answer : 10 [calm things down]

Notes: Their job as advisers was to pour oil on troubled waters — means: calm things down.