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Think of The Word That Best Fits Each Space. Use Only One Word in Each Space

This document contains several different types of exercises for revising English skills, including: 1) An open cloze exercise with three passages containing blanks to be filled in with one word each. 2) A collocations exercise with 15 sentences containing blanks to be filled in with words that collocate well. 3) A phrasal verbs exercise transforming 5 sentences using different phrasal verb forms. 4) Other exercises involving word formation, key word transformations, and more. The document provides a variety of questions and prompts to help improve English language abilities.

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Think of The Word That Best Fits Each Space. Use Only One Word in Each Space

This document contains several different types of exercises for revising English skills, including: 1) An open cloze exercise with three passages containing blanks to be filled in with one word each. 2) A collocations exercise with 15 sentences containing blanks to be filled in with words that collocate well. 3) A phrasal verbs exercise transforming 5 sentences using different phrasal verb forms. 4) Other exercises involving word formation, key word transformations, and more. The document provides a variety of questions and prompts to help improve English language abilities.

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REVISION TEST 2

OPEN CLOZE EXERCISES


Think of the word that best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
(I)
Most hunters agree that the most frightening animal of all is the leopard. Hunters fear but admire
this beast ______ of its cunningness and bravery. It ______ said to be able to approach ______
disappear more stealthily than any other ______ animal. Even the tiger does not ______ its highly
developed sense of self-preservation ______ its ability to conceal itself so ______. But the most
pronounced characteristic is ______ leopard's fear of man. The leopard ______ shoot off
immediately when it hears ______ approaching. It is easily excited and agitated.
(II)
Durians may be liked by many, but there are a few who cannot stand the smell of this fruit. So
strong is the odor of ______ ripe durian. A funny incident about ______ durians' odor has even been
recorded ______ history. There was once a man ______ tried to sell durians to Sir Stamford Raffles.
______ the Englishman, suddenly ______ up, held his nose and fled. ______, he complained that
the durian ______ had given him a headache and ______ the fruit was nauseating. This odor
______ quite an important feature of the durian. Even airlines do not allow passengers to carry
durians unless they are tightly packed and no smell can escape.
(III)
I'm very sorry for what happened. For the past two months, Uncle ______ been complaining that he
felt weak ______ tired. Unfortunately, he refused to see ______ doctor. Then, on Monday, he
fainted. ______, I took him to the General Hospital. ______ was diagnosed as having acute
leukemia.
______ doctors said that he had about three weeks to live. ______ wanted to send you a telegram
______ but Uncle stopped me. He begged ______ to wait until your examination was ______,
which was not until Friday. After I sent you the telegram, his condition took a turn for the worse.
COLLOCATIONS
Think of the words that best fits each space.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Citizens should avoid______________ part in demonstrations.


I will try to get ___________________ with my old friends.
Couples often share the same ________ of humour.
It is a bad idea to __________ lies to your parents. They usually discover the truth sooner or
later.
5. ______ course I won't tell him, otherwise the party wouldn't be a surprise.
6. ________________ the fact she was fired, she stayed optimistic.
7. At ______________ children spend more time surfing the Internet than studying.
8. He refused to obey the king, _____________ shocked the pubic.
9. This is a man ____________ son won the competition.
10. Doctors have to deal __________ some very serious cases.
11. The lack of concentration is often associated ____________ the lack of sleep.

12. I fell in love ____________ him the moment our eyes met.
13. That was the love ________ first sight.
14. You can't expect anyone to the job instead _______ you.
15. Lindsey always __________ a point of keeping all her shopping receipts.
PHRASAL VERBS
Put the verbs in brackets changing the form where necessary.
Take after
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

look after

look up to

put up with

get on

Could you ______________ my pet while I am away?


He really _______________ his dad, they are similar in so many ways!
Young children usually _______________ their teachers.
I don't _____________ very well with my neighbours, they can be very rude sometimes.
Jenny won't _________________ such behavior anymore. If John doesn't start showing
more respect, she will break up.

WORD FORMATION EXERCISE


Use the words given in capitals tat the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the
same line.
1. Students wrote a letter to the _______________ to show their love and respect. PRESIDE
2. The king made an unexpected _________________ this morning.

ANNOUNCE

3. Do I look ________________ in this hat?

RIDICULE

4. The judge criticized ________________ greed of some of the bankers.

OUTRAGE

5. Her only novel, ____________________ The Bell Jar, is out of print. TITLE
6. Many ____________________ from Austria are expected during the next season. VISIT
7. She had the _______________ to the the lead and win gold medal.

STRONG

8. Throughout the play, Macbeth struggles with the powers of __________. DARK
9. When planning a meal,think of _____________ and taste.

VARY

10. Terrorists are notorious for their violent ____________________.

BEHAVE

11. We have discussed these plans on __________________ occasions.

NUMBER

12. To my _____________, he ate the whole pie.

AMAZE

13. Same-sex marriages have been ________________ in many countries.

LEGAL

14. Critics were in total ___________________ about the value of the book. AGREE
15. There has been a lot of _________________ to this scheme.

OPPOSE

KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION


Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words including the word
given.
1. Have you ever been to Sarajevo, Peter? asked Maria.
BEEN
Maria asked Peter ___________________________ to Sarajevo.
2. The lesson was too boring to follow.
THAT
The lesson was ____________________________ I couldn't follow.
3. There's no point in learning things by heart.
WASTE
It's _______________________________ learning things by heart.
4. You will have dinner only if you have a reservation.
NOT
You __________________________________ you have a reservation.
5. I'm sure I saw Merry yesterday in town, I recognized her red hair.
MUST
It ______________________________ Merry I saw yesterday in town, I recognized her red
hair.
6. A famous artist designed the furniture in their house.
BY
The furniture in their house _______________________ a famous artist.
7. It was rude of him to make comments about her weight.
SHOULD
He _________________________ about her wight.
8. Sally prefers going to the cinema to watching movies at home.
RATHER
Sally _______________________ the cinema than watch movies at home.

9. The lawyers canceled the meeting due to bad preparation.


CALL
The meeting ____________________________ by the lawyers due to bad preparation.
10. She took her children to school this morning.
TAKEN
Her children ___________________________ this morning.

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