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1) Fill the gaps with the words that best complete the sentences:
a. Don’t forget to water the plants when you come ______________ from
work.
b. There is no way Bruce makes that much in a month. He _____________
be getting all this money from somewhere else.
c. Not ____________ he didn’t call me back, but he also went out before I
could get there! That’s outrageous!
d. I didn’t think you would be capable _____________ gaslighting her so
unashamedly.
e. Queen Elizabeth II was ______________ old she lived through World
War II!
f. Taming that beast is easier said than _________________.
g. It flew ___________ before I could catch it.
2) Use the world given to rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning.
a. I would rather run a marathon than presenting in front of a large
audience. It’s much less difficult. (find)
__________________________________________________________
b. Not going to college wasn’t exactly his best choice. (should)
__________________________________________________________
c. Let’s see you try, then. But I’m pretty sure you can’t beat me. (what)
__________________________________________________________
d. I have always done very well in puzzles. I find them so interesting! (for)
__________________________________________________________
e. We can still do it if everyone is willing. There is plenty of time left.
(could)
__________________________________________________________
f. Has it really been two years since I started working here? It didn’t seem
like that much time. (by)
__________________________________________________________
g. Bruce even gave her a gift on their first date. He is so gentleman-like! I
hope their relationship works out. (such)
__________________________________________________________
3) Modify the words given and use them to complete the sentence.
a. Such a behavior is _____________ (become) of a young man such as
yourself!
b. Sorry, but there is nothing to ______________ (interpret) here. If not
outright theft, you’re certainly letting some gross miscalculations pass by
you.
c. Day after day, us _______________ (consume) get more of a beating
from the big tech companies. If only people researched what they buy a
little better…
d. Stupidity is so ________________ (amuse) to see, even if I feel guilty
afterwards.
e. ____________ (Do) he work for her? I thought they were husband and
wife.
4) Complete with the correct prepositions.
a. Benjamin sat ______ the bed.
b. There is some juice left ______ the fridge.
c. No one was hiding ______ the table.
d. The dog jumped ______ the counter.
e. John drove ______ the bridge.
f. Susan brought enjoyed reading her book ______ the beach.
g. That car belongs ______ Anthony.
5) Read the text below. Use the word given to form a word that fills the gap.
The year 1866 was __________ (mark) by a strange event, an __________ (explain)
and inexplicable occurrence that __________ (doubt) no one has yet __________
(forget). Without mentioning the rumours which __________ (agitate) the denizens of
the ports and whipped up the public’s imagination on every continent, seafaring men felt
__________ (particular) alarmed. The businessmen, ship-owners, sea-captains,
skippers, and master-mariners of Europe and America, the naval officers from every
country, and __________ (final) the various national governments on both continents —
all became __________ (extreme) worried about this matter.
For some time already, sea-going ships had been __________ (encounter) an ‘enormous
thing’: a long spindle-shaped object, sometimes phosphorescent, but __________
(infinite) larger and __________ (quick) than a whale.
The facts __________ (concern) this apparition, as noted in the respective logbooks,
__________ (agree) quite __________ (close) as to the structure of the said object or
creature, its extraordinary speed, its __________ (surprise) ability to get from place to
place, and the peculiar __________ (vital) it seemed to possess. If it was a cetacean,
then it __________ (surpass) the size of every whale classified by science until then.

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