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Hello, my _______ John Norman |
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The banks open _______ 9.30am. |
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in |
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I can play the piano quite _________ . |
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good |
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better |
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best |
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well |
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Where _____ you working at the moment ? |
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do |
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are |
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will |
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can |
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My brother _________ study music at school. |
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does |
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didn' t |
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‘Please do not smoke in the restaurant’ means that you ____________ smoke there. |
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don’t have |
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mustn’t |
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shouldn’t |
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mightn’t |
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The sun __________ in the East. |
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rise |
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rising |
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rises |
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is rising |
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There ________ be some rain later, you never know. |
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may |
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will |
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should |
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can |
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The __________ rule of all is to be positive. |
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important |
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more
important |
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most
important |
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importantly |
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________ I leave the classroom to use my mobile phone, please? |
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You can find ________ interesting news in the local newspapers. |
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many |
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some |
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several |
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Last week, I _________ round the park four times. |
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run |
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ran |
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did ran |
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I am tired because I __________ hard all day. |
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have been
worked |
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did work |
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have been
working |
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I live in Madrid, _________ is the capital of Spain. |
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that |
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where |
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which |
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whose |
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_________ the Pacific, the Atlantic is cold. |
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However |
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Unlike |
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Apart |
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__________ there was a lot of traffic, many people were late. |
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Although |
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Because |
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The match was cancelled ___________ snow. |
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because |
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due to |
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In many countries, identity cards are ___________. In other words, you have
to carry one. |
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compulsory |
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forbidden |
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optional |
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prohibited |
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Geneva is a place which is well worth ____________ . |
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to visit |
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visited |
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visit |
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visiting |
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There was a __________ rise in the cost of oil last week. |
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drama |
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dramatic |
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dramatically |
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dramatised |
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The instructions are as ____________ : first, write your name. |
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follows |
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followed |
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following |
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follow |
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Phonology ___________ as the study of sounds in language. |
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defines |
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is
defining |
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defined |
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can
define |
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It is ________ less likely to rain in June than in December. |
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many |
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more |
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most |
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much |
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___________ research needs to be done before releasing the new medicine. |
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Far |
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Farther |
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Further |
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Few |
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The answers to these questions are kept __________ until after the test is
over. |
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hid |
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hide |
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hiding |
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hidden |
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Had I brought a map with us, we _________ lost now. |
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wouldn’t
be |
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hadn’t
been |
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wouldn’t
have been |
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weren’t |
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Despite _____________ any formal qualifications in business, he is a very
successful businessman. |
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he
doesn’t have |
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to not
have |
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not to
have |
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not
having |
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Charles Babbage was often ________________ to as the ‘Father of Computing’. |
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acknowledged |
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referred |
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considered |
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mentioned |
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Recent events have ____________ speculations that there will be a rise in
interest rates. |
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endorsed |
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energised |
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fuelled |
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proposed |
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Some people find the concept of arranged marriages difficult to __________ . |
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grab |
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grasp |
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grip |
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grope |
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