Mystery Word

In each set of three sentences below ONE word is missing. It is the same word for each sentence. What is
the missing word?

1 When Erica was trying to complete an important course assignment, she often lost all ……………….. of
time, and sometimes forgot to eat.
There is no ……………….. in cleaning the house before the party, but it will certainly need doing
afterwards.
Just entering that ancient building gave Simon a real ……………….. of how different life must have been
in the past.

2 This is a piece of music which never fails to ……………….. me.

The whole family are planning to ……………….. to Australia later this year.
Next year the club intends to……………….. the date for the annual dinner to the first Saturday in May.

3 The police are looking for a tall woman with……………….. hair in connection with the bank raid.

The weather will be ……………….. today although it might rain later this evening.
‘I think it would be ……………….. to say that we played very badly today,’ the rugby manager said to the
journalist.

4 Lenka……………….. her friends from home when she went to university.

The car went out of control and just……………….. hitting a lamp post.
We would have enjoyed the play more if we hadn’t ……………….. the first act.

5 Harry has already spent two ……………….. at the college.

The talk was difficut for me to appreciate because the speaker used technical ……………….. I hadn’t
heard before.
Joe must make sure he understands all the……………….. laid down in the agreement.

Answers
1 sense 2 move 3 fair 4 missed 5 terms