Correct order
more / The more / her, / I spend / like / time / with
her / I / the
The more time I spend with her, the more I like her.
I was just leaving the flat when I remembered. I was leaving / ’d left the oven on.
I was just leaving the flat when I remembered. I’d left the oven on.
My brother is currently waiting for a kidney t________.
My brother is currently waiting for a kidney
t r a n s p l a n t.
Reading novels helps me switch _ at night.
a in b off c out
off
better / it / home / Wouldn’t / evening / to / this /
stay / be / at
Wouldn't it be better to stay at home this evening?
I was buying / was going to buy a new laptop but I bought a tablet instead.
I was going to buy a new laptop but I bought a tablet instead.
My company went b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a few months
ago so I lost my job.
bankrupt
I can’t stand these ___ meetings. We never get
anything done.
a pointed b pointing c pointless
pointless
thing / late / One / can’t stand / is / people / I /
arriving
One thing I can't stand is people arriving late.
The taxi isn’t due to / about to get here until 9 p.m. so we’ve got plenty of time
The taxi isn’t due to get here until 9 p.m. so we’ve got plenty of time
He fell on his back and suffered a severe
s _ _ _ _ _ injury.
spinal
My mother was ___ in the countryside because
her car had broken down and she didn’t have her
phone.
a stranded b pulled over c let down
stranded
I / tell / understand / What / me / you / why / don’t
/ didn’t / is
What I don’t understand is why you didn’t tell me.
The children would be playing / had been playing all day so they were fast asleep when I picked them up.
The children had been playing all day so they were fast asleep when I picked them up.
Some b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ movies, like The
Avengers, can earn more than a billion dollars.
blockbuster
I suffer from arthritis so I often get swollen ___.
a kidneys b skin c joints
joints
upsets / anymore / What / she / me / that /
phones / is / never
What upsets me most is that she never phones (me) anymore.
I’d just spent / was just about to spend the next eight hours on a plane, which made me nervous.
I was just about to spend the next eight hours on a plane, which made me nervous.
We need to focus on s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
development so that we don’t use more
resources than we absolutely need.
sustainable
I find that nothing ___ a cup of tea in the
morning.
a beats b defeats c wins
beats