In the Walt Disney film ‘The Jungle Book’ , the snake obviously ______as it sang ‘Trust in Me.’
A. hissed
B. squeaked
C. rumbled
D. growled
The interview was awful! I ______! I just couldn’t speak I was so nervous!
A. crashed out
B. saw red
C. fell to pieces
D. was caught red-handed.
I don’t think the manager had really thought about what he wanted to say at the meeting. He seemed to talk ______.
A. hitting the nail on the head
B. heading for oblivion
C. out of his head
D. off the top of his head
The documentary said that the Mafia boss had started as a _____ man, an efficient mob killer.
A. shoot
B. strike
C. hit
D. knock
They say ‘Lightening doesn’t _____ twice’, meaning it’s unlikely that something unusual will occur again.
A. explode
B. hit
C. rumble
D. strike
Being unemployed, he often ______because he was depressed and preferred not to get up until half the day was gone!
A. had a snooze
B. overslept
C. slept in
D. catnapped
29th February only appears on the calendar during a ______year.
A. skip
B. leap
C. jump
D. hop
When I was younger, I was in a group and we hoped to record an album, but it never got______.
A. off the ground
B. down to earth
C. down and out
D. down to the ground
At school, my best friend was always ______. He was often kept behind after school!
A. caring less
B. being bothered
C. being charged
D. getting into trouble
______the pasta once it has boiled for the time indicated on the packet.
A. Drain
B. Stir
C. Grate
D. Slice
When it ______it, can you really afford to smoke?
A. goes in for
B. comes down to
C. carries on with
D. makes up for
Anti-terrorist units say the ______behind the attack is believed to live in Brussels.
A. mastermind
B. great master
C. masterstroke
D. headmaster
The teacher told students they needed to put in a _____ in ‘a ten-kilometre walk’
A. pattern
B. hyphen
C. word group
D. mnemonic
‘The economy is expected to ______in the next year.’ the politician promised.
A. plummet
B. pick up
C. dive
D. go bust
If a child asks ‘What’s for supper? they’re talking about______
A. Christmas
B. a game
C. dinner
D. school
I don’t see the point of writing a letter of _____ . They read them and just give a standard answer.
A. lament
B. complaint
C. moaning
D. proposal
‘I’m sorry I can’t make the lesson tomorrow. I’m ______.’ the student told the teacher.
A. over the moon
B. in a rush hour
C. tied up
D. at a loose end
If someone boasts all the time, which verb could you use to describe them? --
A. To roar
B. To trumpet
C. To whistle
D. To croak
I’ll be brief. ______, we’ve got married in Las Vegas!
A. Before long
B. To cut a long story short
C. A long way away
D. In the long run
The police approached him and arrested him for ______the peace.
A. undermining
B. disturbing
C. ruining
D. wasting
The derelict house ______empty for years before it was finally demolished.
A. had been left
B. was used to having been left
C. shouldn’t be left
D. has been left
This isn’t right. And this isn’t right _____ !
A. as well
B. either
C. moreover
D. mind you
It ______a sunny day, they decided to go to the beach.
A. having been
B. was
C. being
D. is
______the documentary started when he said he’d already seen it.
A. Only when
B. Little had
C. Having
D. Hardly had
I wish______!
A. the teachers wouldn’t give us so much homework
B. I would have too much money
C. it not anymore.
D. to tell you so much but I don’t.
Having ______the cuts on his hand, police asked him how they’d got there.
A. been noticed
B. noticed
C. noticing
D. being noticing
‘Kids in this school ______given challenging tasks during my lessons’ the teacher stated.
A. have got used to been
B. are used to be
C. are used to being
D. use to be
‘He ______fled the country’ the authorities said of the escaped prisoner.
A. should well have
B. mustn’t have
C. has been
D. is believed to have
His mum caught him______a ten-pound note from her bag.
A. stealing
B. to steal
C. being stolen
D. since he stole
______there’d been the funds, the project would have gone ahead.
A. Had
B. Were
C. If
D. Should
I know. You’ve had a terrible year, and you can’t take anymore, ______you?
A. haven’t
B. can
C. don’t
D. did
He’s been ______influential artist of the century.
A. such
B. one of the
C. so
D. the most
______your house redecorated by the end of the month?
A. May you have
B. Will you have had
C. Shall you have had
D. Have you got
Yesterday, at last, I ______get through to Mr Jones. All week, he’s been as slippery as an eel!
A. was able to
B. could
C. succeeded to
D. managed in
After the funeral, everyone reminisced ______do the gardening come rain or shine.
A. as to how he would
B. about him always
C. of how he had to
D. themselves on he could
I don’t have a cat but I ______.
A. had
B. would like
C. had one once
D. am looking forward to have one.
Despite ______, she got the job due to her bubbly personality.
A. her lack of experience
B. she lacked experience
C. lacking of experience
D. the fact that her experience lacked
______exercise in order to lose a bit of weight.
A) What I need to take is
B) The thing worth to take is
C) I fancy to take
D) I’ve been forced taking
I was ______parents.
A) made to go to confession, having very Catholic
B) arranged to go to a summer school by my
C) recommended I spoke to my
D) expected finding out things for myself by my
She apologized ______.
A. for not ringing
B. that she didn’t ring
C. him ‘Sorry, I didn’t ring.’
D. not to have rung