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Work Sheet 1-1
Work Sheet 1-1
c) had told her the address. 18. We were driven helplessly before the
______________ storm.
d) told him her address. 19. Her eye’s were as ___________ as the
deepest sea.
10. I said that I
20. The old lady fell on the ___________
a) had never see him before.
road.
b) had never seen him before.
21. The ____________ tramp ate the whole
c) had never seen him again. cake.
d) never seen him before. 22. First prize went to the ____________
girl.
Choose the correct word from the
brackets to complete the meaning of the 23. We watched the ship sail into the
sentence. ____________ sunset.
11. The landlady expected the carpenter to 24. The ______________ child filled the
pay for the (board, bored) he had destroyed. house with its laughter.
12. The (morale, moral) of the soldiers Choose the word or phrase that is MOST
needed boosting after their terrible defeat. NEARLY OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word or phrase.
13. Some squirrels stacked away a (horde,
hoard) of nuts in the hollow tree. 25. Many parents and even some teenagers
do not approve of the extent of
14. This new building will have four permissiveness in today’s society.
(storeys, stories); we need to install an
elevator. a) strife
a) aggressive a) concise
b) boisterous b) pleasing
c) disobedient c) accurate
d) docile d) colourful
27. Thomas always displays a lackadaisical Choose the word or phrase that is
approach to his studies when his teachers are NEAREST in meaning to the underlined
absent. word or phrase.
d) unworthy of a) constantly
b) furiously
c) occasionally
d) noisily uninhabited house where no one had lived
for many years.
34. The new employee seems to be a very
zealous worker. 37. The Chernobyl accident gave a grim but
timely reminder to our shrinking world that
a) untrustworthy no nation can hope to isolate itself from the
b) enthusiastic horrendous effects of a major nuclear
disaster.
c) skillful
38. The politician hammered the nail of his
d) awkward argument into the leafy minds of his
audience who had come to hear him speak
35. A citizen is expected to show complete
on the difficult subject of monetary policy.
allegiance to his native land.
39. Hardly had the document been approved
a) obedience
when several of the officials in the company
b) loyalty began to criticize.