Grammar (complete gaps)
I wish I ________ (know) how to help you, but I’m afraid I don’t know how to fix computers
knew
Eric’s stopped playing football due to / since he injured his knee last year
since
well-off penniless affluent loaded
penniless
Vita loves living in Montreal. She’s having the time of her ________.
life
I did a lot of u________ work as a volunteer but now I really need to find a job with a salary.
unpaid
My dad ________ (work) for the company for 10 years before he finally received a pay rise.
had been working
I enjoyed visiting both cities but after all / all in all I’d say I preferred Siena.
all in all
intriguing thought-provoking creepy gripping
creepy
Hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of ________ as the fighting between the army and the rebels becomes more intense.
casualties/wounded
My wife is very s________: she decided on Friday that we should go to Paris for the weekend and we were having lunch by the Eiffel Tower less than 24 hours later!
spontaneous
According to the forecast, the weather ________ (expect) to be warm and humid this week.
is expected
________ we got to the park than it started pouring with rain.
No sooner had/ As soon /Sooner as
No sooner had
creak sigh groan stammer
creak
Are you able to make a ________ to our children’s charity?
donation
You need to have a very v________ imagination if you want to write children’s books.
vivid
There are thought ________ (be) tribes living in the Amazon that no one has ever contacted
to be
My two-year-old ________ taking some sweets from the shop. I had to pay for them of course!
was got caught/ got someone caught/ got caught
got caught
redundant monotonous repetitive tedious
redundant
I didn’t know which path to take, so I just went with my ________ feeling and turned left.
gut
I enjoyed the book until the final chapter. I just felt the ending was i________. I couldn’t imagine the main character acting like that after all that had happened.
implausible
I’m not very good at DIY, so last year I ________ my flat ________ (decorate) by a painter
had, decorated
A Have you ever ________ to living away from the seaside?
B No, I still miss walking on the beach every day.
got use/ got used /to got use
got used
perks skills a rise salary
skills
It’s not as simple as that. We have to consider the bigger ________.
picture
There is hope for peace in the region as the two countries have now signed a t________.
treaty