Bomastic
Call an ambulance! Mrs Jones ________ (run over) by a car!
HAS BEEN RUN OVER
I don’t speak French, but my sister ________.
DOES
another word for luggage = ________
BAGGAGE
You have to take Diana’s age into (place / care / account) when you judge her work.
ACCOUNT
________ is a big problem in this area. (vandal)
VANDALISM
I think you’d have got the job if you ________ (not ask) that stupid question.
HADN'T ASKED
We’re ________ the roof fixed next week – the rain is starting to come through it.
HAVING/GETTING
a person who sees a crime = ________
WITNESS
I’ll have to keep reminding Sheila about the meeting – she’s very (narrow / open / absent)-minded.
ABSENT
I like green vegetables, ________ spinach. (special)
ESPECIALLY
I ________ (writing) my essay for an hour when my computer crashed and lost it all.
HAD BEEN WRITING
It was ________ a shock when Gabby walked into the room!
SUCH/QUITE
a group of people who sing together = ________
CHOIR
Geologists working in Australia have (done / carried / out made) an important discovery.
MADE
It was a huge storm, and several trees were hit by ________. (light)
LIGHTNING
You shouldn’t ________ (spend) so long in the sun yesterday – you’ve got sunburn.
HAVE SPENT
If you still feel unwell, you’d ________ go home and go to bed.
BETTER
someone who tries to avoid spending money = tight-________
FISTED
I find it (confused / confusion / confusing) when apps keep updating themselves all the time.
CONFUSING
These cups are ________, even if you drop them on a hard floor. (break)
UNBREAKABLE
I ________ (still work) at 7.00. I don’t finish until 8.00 on Thursdays.
WILL STILL BE WORKING
We ________ have been crazy to buy this house! There’s so much wrong with it.
MUST
the thing which planes take off from and land on = ________
RUNWAY
It’s difficult to get the truth from newspapers in this country – they’re all (objective / censored / accurate).
CENSORED
She behaves like a little girl sometimes – she’s so ________. (mature)
IMMATURE