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.