Multiple Choice Cloze Worksheet 9

For each question, choose which of the four possible answers fits the space best. Also think about
why the other three answers are not possible.
1. Don't wash that sweater in hot water, _OTHERWISE it will shrink.
a. unless
b. if
c. moreover
d. otherwise
2. __THROUGHOUT the vacation, we had the most wonderful weather imaginable. Sunshine all
the way!
a. along
b. throughout
c. moreover
d. all in all
3. Police arrested a man late last night in connection with the murder. Police expect to charge the
_SUSPECT_ later this morning.
a. guilty
b. suspect
c. condemned
d. arrested
4. Right, Mrs. Jones. Take these pills twice a day and if the problem _BECOMES more serious,
come back and pay me a visit.
a. goes
b. becomes
c. turns
d. develops
5. When each group of tourists have paid the entrance fee, _PROVIDE them with a picnic hamper
and two parasols.
a. provide
b. give
c. lend
d. give out
6. You are the only person in this company who __HAS__ access to both the staff phone list and the
bank information of every employee. Please remember it is a huge responsibility.
a. has
b. takes
c. opens
d. sees
7. We all just looked at the bill and then realised that _SERVICE_ wasn't even included! So we had
to pay another 15% on top of that! I am never going back to that restaurant.
a. services
b. serving
c. serves
d. service
8. We got home to find the children _SLIDING down the marble hallway in their socks.
a. sliding
b. skidding
c. falling
d. crashing

Open Cloze Worksheet 9

For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at
the words both before and after each space.
1. You can come to the party if you want, ___BUT_ you are not expected to come.
2. I can't make ___UP_my mind. Should I buy the red or the blue dress?
3. Why didn't I choose the blue dress? Look, Connie is wearing exactly the __SAME_ color!
4. It wasn't _UNTIL_ 1930 that the ninth planet Pluto was discovered.
5. The company will hold interviews next week in an _EFFORT_ to fill the position of Overseas
Sales Manager.
6. Landing _AT_ Miami airport for the first time, the first thing you notice is how lush the
surrounding vegetation is.
7. __THOUGH_ it's true your performance in the job has been great, you still have to work hard to
improve your punctuality.
8. Do you remember that colleague of mine ___________ wife divorced him last year?

Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 9

For each question, fill the space or spaces in the sentence using the base word given in bold at the
end. The required word may be a noun, adverb, adjective or verb and it may be either positive (e.g.
helpful) or negative (e.g. unhelpful).
1. I thought the stunts and action scenes in that movie were great! It must have been very
_DANGEROUS _ for the stuntmen to do some of them.
danger
2. Craig, did you see that _ADVERTISEMENT on TV last night for the new Volvo? I thought I
would never stop laughing; it was brilliant!
advertise
3. What would have been an interesting political debate was ruined by the aggressive, bossy
__INTERVIEWER and finally, one of the candidates walked out of the studio.
interview
4. Ladies and gentlemen, the _CREATION of this new department will increase productivity and
help the company to become _PROFITABLE_ again.
create
profit
5. Young children have so much imagination and _CREATIVITY_ that it never fails to amaze me.
If only adults were the same!
create
6. "The problem with young people today is that they don't realise how damaging their apathy and
IRRESPONSIBILITY can be," my uncle said.
responsible
7. I don't care if you didn't hear what I said. That is your problem: a total _INABILITY_ to listen to
anything I say to you. I'm very disappointed in your behaviour.
able
8. The _SERVICE_ charge in that restaurant is 25%. I think we should go somewhere cheaper!
serve

Key Word Transformations Worksheet 9

You need to take the information in the first sentence and re-write it, using the word in bold so that
the second sentence has exactly the same meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in ANY
way. You can use only a maximum of FIVE words for each space.
1. If I were you, I would go and speak to your boss.
should
You __SHOULD SPEAK TO your boss.
2. It wasn't obligatory to go to work today. I thought it was!
need
I ___NEED NOT HAVE _ gone to work today.
3. It was a mistake of you to lose your passport.
lost
You ___SHOULDN'T LOST _ your passport.
4. Why don't we leave after breakfast on Saturday?
leaving
How __ABOUT LEAVING AFTER BREAKFAST on Saturday?
5. This is the most boring film I have ever seen!
more
I have ___NEVER SEEN A MORE BORING_ film!
6. We will have to leave early tomorrow.
set
We will _HAVE TO SET OFF EARLY tomorrow.
7. The robbers escaped with a thousand dollars without being caught.
got
The robbers ___GOT AWAY WITH A THOUSAND _dollars.
8. I told them not to cross the park at night.
warned
I _WARNED THEM ABOUT CROSSING the park at night.