Task 1. Complete each sentence with the correct Task 2.

Complete each sentence with the correct

word from the word bank. word from the word bank.
alliance broke embrace grief testify stuff
amateur precious horrible horrified bury reciprocated
apothecary confident feud eternal pretend rescue
banish dagger fire modest psychiatrist stab
beg declare friar nightmare pulse swear

1. There are several ________________ and semi-
professional football clubs in the county.
2. Countless thousands have needlessly died in this
________________ imperialistic war.
3. The two most ________________ resources for any
small-business owner are time and money.
4. His gun did not work, and his ________________
fell on the ground as the tiger jumped on him.
5. In 1935, the Soviets signed treaties of
________________ with France and Czechoslovakia.
6. I know that you cannot ________________ the truth
permanently; you can only cloud it temporarily.
7. Turkey is so ________________ in their disaster
response that they refused foreign aid.
8. The incident appears to have resulted from an
ongoing ________________ between the rivals.
9. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor led Germany to
________________ war on the United States.
10. Managers will ________________ workers for
poor performance and will award bonuses for
excellence.
1. A ________________ may prescribe medications to
treat anxiety or depression.
2. Police officers ________________ an oath to the
constitutions of the state of Vermont and the United
States of America.
3. After weeks of ________________ and sadness, it’s
almost time for us to laugh and sing again.
4. A woman who was attempting to
________________ her neighbor was shot and killed
by police.
5. Both armies began to collect their remaining
wounded and ________________ some of the dead.
6. He was ________________ by Hitler's plan to start
a new and even more terrible war in the east.
7. A trainer and doctor came on court to check
Jankovic's ________________ and blood pressure.
8. Zoo operators in Peru care for about 4,000 animals
that police ________________ each year from
traffickers.
9. The ongoing war in Syria has become a
________________ for the countries of the region.
10. Several key witnesses declined to
________________ because they had been threatened.
Task 3. Complete each sentence with the correct Task 4. Complete each sentence with the correct
word from the word bank. word from the word bank.
overwhelmed wed demand addicted wretched regard
tomb weep soul anxiety naive dilemma
bargain woe nobleman treasure consider put off
unite concentrate on the mend benefit deal with distract
vial blog go out claim decorate dump

1. The ________________ is made up of a central
lobby and a burial room with two stone coffins.
2. Mr. Yuan, Zoom’s chief executive, subsequently
wrote a ________________ post in July apologizing
for the delay.
3. Pinmei began to ________________ again, but this
time the tears were ones of happiness.
4. In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and
generosity should be able to ________________
regardless of party or politics.
5. The test required about half a ________________ of
blood drawn from the forearm.
6. Many hospitals, especially in densely populated
urban areas, are ________________.
7. Chinese buyers, perhaps seeing current prices as a
________________, continue to import at high levels.
8. ________________ on your job and you will forget
your other troubles.
9. People ________________ freedom only when they
have no power.
10. In addition to being a ________________, he was
an esteemed authority on dinosaurs and other fossil
animals.
1. Stories of sunken gold on these wrecks have
attracted ________________ hunters for years.
2. Lawmakers face a ________________ as they try to
balance corporate and consumer interests.
3. One ________________ of big retailers entering the
green market has been lower prices for consumers.
4. He decided to ________________ football for a
year to study medical anthropology at Oxford.
5. The city also encourages employees to
________________ taking the bus or biking to work.
6. You must not let your negative emotions
________________ you from achieving your goals.
7. Calligraphic inscriptions from the Quran
________________ mosques and mausoleums in
Punjab.
8. Dr. Winickoff of Harvard noted that it is nicotine
that people are ________________ to, not cigarettes.
9. The unknown of how long the pandemic will last is
causing added stress and ________________.
10. Most climbers have good etiquette, but there are
many visitors who ________________ their trash here.
Task 5. Complete each sentence with the correct
word from the word bank.
enable investigate point of view
transform keep up pump
give up look up disable
go with the flow thrift put up with
greet menace qualify
1. Computer hacking is a serious ________________
to nations and their security institutions.
2. ________________ words that you don't know and
keep a running list of new words to learn.
3. We are on a tight budget so our books come from
the ________________ store or library.
4. In general, ________________ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
unless you absolutely need to use them.
5. Only a quarter of those who graduated did well
enough to ________________ for university.
6. Meaningful dialogue requires taking steps to
understand the others ________________.
7. The seven opposition candidates use a different
hand signal to ________________ each other.
8. You can ________________ an alarm to notify you
with a sound when battery power is waning.
9. Experts say there is a great need to find new ways to
help people ________________ smoking.
10. The minivan has not been found, and police
continue to ________________ the incident.
Task 6. Complete each sentence with the correct
word from the word bank.
rancor take after transport
robbery take up treat
simplify confront valuable
spread track down stuck
steal fiancée scary
1. People are looking for ways to go back to their roots
and ________________ their lives.
2. A ________________ voice howls from the house
with the crooked door and broken windows.
3. They form a group of thieves who
________________ from the rich to help those in
need.
4. Good science and public trust are perhaps the most
________________ tools in the fight against
misinformation.
5. Large buses are being used to ________________
the homeless to hotels to abide by the six-feet
distancing requirements.
6. A semi-truck carrying an oversized load got
________________ in the construction zone.
7. Armstrong told police he'd used the money from the
first ________________ to pay bills.
8. The test would help scientists understand whether
the virus was able to ________________ from human
to human.
9. The administration prepared to ________________
the threat the novel coronavirus posed to workers.
10. Investigators deployed a helicopter to help
________________ the stolen car.