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1. The little girl wouldn't go into the sea ________ her father went too.
(A) except
(B) but
(C) also
(D) unless
2. The ________ part of the week is always busy for me.
(A) front
(B) start
(C) early
(D) near
3. She ________ to take her neighbour to court if he didn't stop making so much noise.
(A) promised
(B) threatened
(C) offered
(D) suggested
4. You mustn't be angry with her. It wasn't her ________ that she was late.
(A) blame
(B) error
(C) mistake
(D) fault
5. He sat there with his arms ________ doing nothing, waiting for us.
(A) folded
(B) flapped
(C) turned
(D) twisted
6. Our neighbours ________ their hedge cut once a year.
(A) make
(B) do
(C) have
(D) fix
7. I could tell he was pleased ________ the expression on his face.
(A) at
(B) for
(C) in
(D) by
8. Tom always calls himself Tom Williams, but his ________ surname is Winterbottom.
(A) natural
(B) present
(C) current
(D) real
9. If you keep trying you might ________ to do it.
(A) succeed
(B) discover
(C) understand
(D) manage
10. Joan's third child was born in the ambulance ________ to the hospital.
(A) in the way
(B) by the way
(C) on the way
(D) a long way
11. The meeting, ladies and gentlemen, is now ________.
(A) at an end
(B) at the end
(C) on end
(D) to the end
12. They promised to write ________ we never heard from them again.
(A) but
(B) except
(C) although
(D) because
13. I ________ to him for my bad behaviour.
(A) apologised
(B) coped
(C) excused
(D) forgave
14. Ever ________ he was in junior school Nicholas has wanted to become a doctor.
(A) after
(B) always
(C) next
(D) since
15. It was on the top shelf, out of ________.
(A) achievement
(B) arrival
(C) attempt
(D) reach
16. Computers are supposed to ________ time, but I'm not so sure they do!
(A) spare
(B) save
(C) spend
(D) waste
17. I didn't mean to do it; it was ________ accident.
(A) by
(B) in
(C) for
(D) on
18. Her acceptance speech was ________, eliciting thunderous applause at several points.
(A) tedious
(B) well-received
(C) cowardly
(D) uninteresting
19. a wild goose chase = ________.
(A) a very pleasant experience
(B) a wild night on the town
(C) a dangerous race in the streets between cars trying to
(D) a search for something that cannot be found
20. You could have avoided risking ________, General Brown.
(A) the life of your soldiers
(B) the lives of your soldiers
(C) your soldiers' life
(D) the life of your soldiers'
(A) except
(B) but
(C) also
(D) unless
2. The ________ part of the week is always busy for me.
(A) front
(B) start
(C) early
(D) near
3. She ________ to take her neighbour to court if he didn't stop making so much noise.
(A) promised
(B) threatened
(C) offered
(D) suggested
4. You mustn't be angry with her. It wasn't her ________ that she was late.
(A) blame
(B) error
(C) mistake
(D) fault
5. He sat there with his arms ________ doing nothing, waiting for us.
(A) folded
(B) flapped
(C) turned
(D) twisted
6. Our neighbours ________ their hedge cut once a year.
(A) make
(B) do
(C) have
(D) fix
7. I could tell he was pleased ________ the expression on his face.
(A) at
(B) for
(C) in
(D) by
8. Tom always calls himself Tom Williams, but his ________ surname is Winterbottom.
(A) natural
(B) present
(C) current
(D) real
9. If you keep trying you might ________ to do it.
(A) succeed
(B) discover
(C) understand
(D) manage
10. Joan's third child was born in the ambulance ________ to the hospital.
(A) in the way
(B) by the way
(C) on the way
(D) a long way
11. The meeting, ladies and gentlemen, is now ________.
(A) at an end
(B) at the end
(C) on end
(D) to the end
12. They promised to write ________ we never heard from them again.
(A) but
(B) except
(C) although
(D) because
13. I ________ to him for my bad behaviour.
(A) apologised
(B) coped
(C) excused
(D) forgave
14. Ever ________ he was in junior school Nicholas has wanted to become a doctor.
(A) after
(B) always
(C) next
(D) since
15. It was on the top shelf, out of ________.
(A) achievement
(B) arrival
(C) attempt
(D) reach
16. Computers are supposed to ________ time, but I'm not so sure they do!
(A) spare
(B) save
(C) spend
(D) waste
17. I didn't mean to do it; it was ________ accident.
(A) by
(B) in
(C) for
(D) on
18. Her acceptance speech was ________, eliciting thunderous applause at several points.
(A) tedious
(B) well-received
(C) cowardly
(D) uninteresting
19. a wild goose chase = ________.
(A) a very pleasant experience
(B) a wild night on the town
(C) a dangerous race in the streets between cars trying to
(D) a search for something that cannot be found
20. You could have avoided risking ________, General Brown.
(A) the life of your soldiers
(B) the lives of your soldiers
(C) your soldiers' life
(D) the life of your soldiers'
