Practice practice practice 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

Quiz

For each question, choose which of the four possible answers fits the space best. Also think about why the other three answers are not possible.

Lance is ________ knowledgeable on this subject.

1. smartly
2. powerfully
3. firmly
4. highly

I need a good explanation of all the costs ________ in buying a new car.

1. affected
2. involved
3. concerned
4. implied

There was a ________ debate about the Middle East, then they moved to a vote.

1. lively
2. flexible
3. main
4. nimble

The doctor told him to lose weight quickly or pay the ________ later in life.

1. fee
2. fine
3. price
4. cost

Jet lag causes problems with our ________ clock.

1. biological
2. botanical
3. natural
4. rhythmical

This species of seagull is not a ________ of the island, but will sometimes rest here a while.

1. neighbour
2. national
3. citizen
4. resident

Doesn't it ________ you as strange that it's the middle of May and it's snowing?

1. hit
2. occur
3. strike
4. touch

I didn't stay behind because I wanted to, I did so because it was my ________.

1. work
2. duty
3. shift
4. chore

What angered me wasn't his resignation but the ________ in which he did it.

1. method
2. manner
3. aspect
4. bearing

If you can't make ________ what's written, change the zoom level and it'll become clearer.

1. for
2. off
3. up
4. out

There's a ________ range of issues that we need to discuss as soon as possible.

1. far
2. ample
3. wide
4. high

Despite being ________ in the battle, the solider fought on and was awarded a medal for bravery.

1. enraged
2. wounded
3. flawed
4. bruised

The rain will ________ for most of the morning, but we are expecting a brighter afternoon.

1. persist
2. insist
3. resist
4. consist

In the mating season, the male of the species calls out with a ________ gu-gu sound.

1. separate
2. distinctive
3. contrasting
4. individual

Marie Curie, one of the best-known ________ in working with radiation, died in 1934.

1. debutants
2. revolutionaries
3. pioneers
4. rebels

Deep sea oil exploration is a dirty and dangerous ________.

1. affair
2. situation
3. case
4. business

Open Cloze Exercise

For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at the words both before and after each space.

It was the sale ___ my first car that gave me enough money to go travelling for the first time.

I can't ask for help from anyone in my family. You know what they're ___.

A collision ___ two satellites has filled the sky with debris.

Jane has so many cats, ___ only those she has rescued, but ones that friends have given her.

A hippopotamus can be just ___ dangerous as a lion.