Q1 - They
hoped to ......... me to see their point of view
Persuade insist explain suggest
Q2 - I find
it hard to get .... on my salary Over by through into
Q3 - I refuse
to put my position in ........ for something as petty as that
Stake jeopardy hazard risk
Q4 - I hate
having to ........ the turkey on Christmas day
Slice cut carve chop
Q5 - He
insisted ....... leaving early Of for to on
Q6 - Traffic
was brought to a complete ....... by the accident
Stoppage standstill block no go
Q7 - Train
...... have increased again Fares fees costs prices
Q8 - I can't
stand the .......... of blood View show look sight
Q9 - These
jeans will ....... when you wash them the first time
Diminish lessen shrink reduce
Q10 - It's
about time we ....... going Got get getting to
get
Q11 - It's
high time you ........ that work finished would finish had to finish should have finished
Q12 - Those
windows need .......... clean cleaning be cleaned being cleaned
Q13 - You
should always read the ............ print before signing a contract
Little tiny minuscule small
Q14 - They
came ....... a fortune when their father died Into upon up
to round
Q15 - I
prefer freshly ........ coffee grated shredded minced ground
Q16 - I don't
....... to know everything about it profess admit suggest state
Q17 - I chose
this bank because it has the best interest ...... Percentage
rate level range
Q18 - I don't
know what is wrong with the car, but it just ........ start
Shall mightn't won't shouldn't
Q19 - I
picked ...... a little German while I was staying there Up off out at
Q20 - It was
the first time she ........... to the opera
Went had been would go would
have gone
1)There are
60 seconds in one ___.minute
2)There are
60 minutes in one ___.hour
3)30 minutes
is called ___.half an hour
4)There are
24 hours in one ___.day
5)There are
seven days in one ___.week
6)In British
English, a period of two weeks is called a ___.fortnight
7)There are
about four weeks in one ___.month
8)A
three-month period (spring, summer, fall, or winter) is called a ___.season
9)There are
twelve months in one ___.year
10)A period
of ten years is called a ___.decade
12)There are
one hundred years in one ___.century
13)A period
of one thousand years is called a ___.millennium
The
Devoted Mother
A mother duck
and her little ducklings were on their way to the lake one day. The ducklings
were very happy following their mother and quack-quacking along the way.
All of a
sudden the mother duck saw a fox in the distance. She was frightened and
shouted, "Children, hurry to the lake. There's a fox!"
The ducklings
hurried towards the lake. The mother duck wondered what to do. She began to
walk back and forth dragging one wing on the ground.
When the fox
saw her he became happy. He said to himself, "It seems that she's hurt and
can't fly! I can easily catch and eat her!"
Then he ran
towards her.
The mother
duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake. The fox followed her. Now he
wouldn't be able to harm her ducklings. The mother duck looked towards her
ducklings and saw that they had reached the lake. She was relieved, so she
stopped and took a deep breath.
The fox
thought she was tired and he came closer, but the mother duck quickly spread
her wings and rose up in the air. She landed in the middle of the lake and her
ducklings swam to her.
The fox
stared in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings. He could not reach
them because they were in the middle of the lake.
<*!*>---- some birds drag one of their wings on
the ground when an enemy is going to attack. In this way they fool their
enemies into thinking they are hurt. When the enemy follows them this gives
their children time to escape.
Mulla
Nasruddin and Blanket
One
winter night while Mulla Nasruddin was sleeping he heard a noise that was
suddenly made in the street. Having covered himself with his blanket, he came
out to know the cause of the noise. Suddenly a smart thief robbed him of his
blanket and ran away. He came back home without the blanket. In reply to his wife
who was asking about the reason for the noise, Mulla Nasruddin said, "All
the quarrel was about my blanket."
1)They're
driving their
new car over there
this afternoon.
2)He
threw
a baseball right through the
neighbor's front window. The neighbor made a thorough
report to the police. [The word thru is not standard English.]
3)In
two
hours, it's going to be too
hot to
go to
town.
4)They
endured a torturous
journey up the long and tortuous
tributary of the Amazon.
5)That
trooper
was a real trouper.
6)The
politician's speech managed to be both turgid
and turbid
at the same time.
7)It
seemed so utterly unconscionable
that the elderly couple should be robbed while they were unconscious.
8)Although
the former mayor's career was unexceptionable,
his personality was so bland that he was regarded as an unexceptional
candidate for congress.
9)Verbal
— see oral
10)Is
being venal
listed among the venial
sins?
11)His
waist
continued to grow and grow, but no food was allowed to waste
in his house!
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