Part 1: Multiple Choice
She will win _______; she mustn't give up.
1) about
2) through
3) around
4) against
2) through
We may as _____ go home. There’s nothing more to do.
well
Will they be able to resist the ______ to buy?
TEMPT
temptation
In the end, the holiday was better than I thought it would be.
TURNED
The holiday ________________ be better than I thought it would be.
turned out to
Not so long _____, things were different.
ago
He has achieved what he set _____ to do three years ago.
1) out
2) in
3) off
4) on
1) out
They will also give offenders who have served their sentence a _____ chance of getting their lives back on track.
fair
The new test should ______ doctors to detect the disease early.
ABLE
enable
We probably won’t leave to go to the airport until midday.
LIKELY
We are _________________ off for the airport until midday.
not likely to set
We ______ our way to the front of the crowd.
1) went
2) did
3) got
4) made
4) made
It's only when you have responsibilities that the fear kicks _____.
1) on
2) in
3) out
4) through
2) in
from
__________ of whether he is right or wrong, we have to abide by his decisions.
REGARD
Strangely enough, we only experienced problems when the weather improved.
RAN
Strangely enough, it was only when the weather got _____________ problems.
better that we ran into
His _________ role in the film CODA (2021) earned him a number of accolades, including an Academy Award.
SUPPORT
supporting
Rob’s laughter rang _____ in the large room.
1) off
2) away
3) out
4) about
3) out
Mom will ____ berserk if she catches you sneaking out after curfew again.
go
My baby sister can be a ______ sometimes.
HAND
handful
It was only when Paul got angry that I realised something serious has happened.
UNTIL
It _______________ his temper that I realised something serious had happened.
was not until Paul lost
They began calmly discussing football but soon started arguing fiercely about politics.
HEATED
What began as a calm discussion about football soon developed ______________ about politics.
into a heated argument
Thousands of people turned _____ for the funeral.
1) in
2) around
3) by
4) out
4) out
It was only a suggestion—there's no need to _____ a fuse.
blow
She was comfortable enough to sing and dance __________, like nobody's watching.
INHIBIT
uninhibitedly
It seems his aim was to disrupt the meeting.
SET
It looks ________________ out to disrupt the meeting.
as if / though he set
Maybe it was the trees that gave this place its atmosphere of mystery and ___________.
TIME
timelessness