Part 1: Open Cloze
I’m scared ______ death of spiders.
to
In order to ________ the story we had been told by our friends, we had to investigate the truth of the matter for ourselves.
VALID
validate
We know that lack of sleep significantly affects your health.
HAVE
Lack of sleep is known ____________________ your health.
to have a significant effect on
____ more you read, the wiser you get.
The
I am writing with _________ to your recent order.
regard
When you're working such long hours, it's _________ that your marriage will start to suffer.
EVITATE
inevitable
Government measures of this type would be of huge benefit to us.
HUGELY
It would be _______________________ the government took measures of this type.
hugely beneficial to us if
My brother loves playing sport, ______ I love reading and writing.
while / whilst / whereas
I love London _______ the bad weather.
despite
We are deeply ________ by this devastating tragedy.
SAD
saddened
My passport needs renewing because I’m going abroad this summer.
GET
I need ______________________ because I’m going abroad this summer.
to get my passport renewed
If you have any constructive __________ of the project, I'd be glad to hear it.
CRITIC
criticism
His friends tried to dissuade him ______ flying.
from
He argued that morality could be ___________ as a series of principles based on human reason.
CONCEPT
conceptualised
Could I ask you if you'd mind looking after my dog while I'm away on holiday?
WONDERING
____________________ willing to look after my dog while I'm away on holiday?
I was wondering if you were / would be
I was disappointed to hear that Leo had decided not to play basketball any more.
UP
Leo's decision to ________________ as a disappointment to me.
give up basketball came