Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box. Change the form if necessary.
Test 1
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1) He would be the _________ man to do such foolish things.
2) Please inform me by _________ of your plan.
3) My _________ family consists of my son and my wife.
4) People know little about what the _________-term effects of the new drug will be.
5) Would you like me to _________ your trousers for you?
6) She went nearly _________ with grief after the child died.
7) The _________ old man worked his life away like a work horse.
8) Peter's father was very _________; he never gave Peter any new clothes.
9) You should _________ your deeds to your beliefs.
10) You must learn to _________ your temper.
Test 2
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1) In _________ to catch the train, she hurried through her work.
2) Please _________ your car in the parking lot and hike in.
3) The driver saw the police car following him in his side _________.
4) He is such kind of person who always has _________ ideas.
5) She _________ together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.
6) The gardener _________ trees and vegetables in the garden.
7) Circumstances do not _________ me to help you.
8) The names of the members of the team will be _________ up today.
9) It's difficult to _________ everybody nowadays.
10) He made it _________ that he did not like me.
Test 3
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1) She _________ herself on her ability to speak many foreign languages.
2) The judge _________ sentence on the prisoner.
3) _________ at the meeting were the leading members of the departments concerned.
4) The _________ she was ill was that she had eaten bad meat.
5) The press has been invited to a _________ conference to hear the government's statement on the event.
6) The driver was _________to emergency room after the car accident.
7) The explorer returned _________ and sound from a dangerous expedition.
8) Air travel has caused a _________ in our way of living.
9) He _________ his success to the good teaching he had had.
10) The police _________ several complaints about the noise from the plant.
Test 4
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1) If you _________ now, you will be able to buy a car soon.
2) The man who had killed his wife had children received a heavy _________.
3) He looked at his work with a smile of _________.
4) He _________ his way through the crowd in order to have a look at the film star.
5) All my questions were met with _________ from him.
6) The navy had a large _________ in bringing about the victory.
7) This kind of sweet potatoes should be planted in sandy _________.
8) You can sit here in your _________ time and read the carpet.
9) When the bell _________, all students run into their classroom.
10) _________ has a right to see law-breakers punished severely.
Test 5
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1) These actions _________ him as a man of high principles.
2) When I _________ that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head.
3) The astronauts _________ in returning from the moon to the earth according to the plan.
4) I _________ you on the shoulder to get your attention.
5) When the door opened, She _________out of her chair to greet her father.
6) The railroad workers asked for a _________ increase and went on a strike.
7) We never know the _________ of water till the well is dry.
8) Children are taught to _________ their parents and teachers with respect.
9) The day is very still, without a breath of _________.
10) She was given a fine because she had _________ some of the papers out of the book borrowed from the library.
Keys:
Test 1
1) last
2) letter
3) immediate
4) long
5) iron
6) mad
7) lonely
8) mean
9) match
10) master
Test 2
1) order
2) park
3) mirror
4) novel
5) pieced
6) plants
7) permit
8) posted
9) please
10) plain
Test 3
1) prided
2) pronounced
3) Present
4) reason
5) press
6) rushed
7) safe
8) revolution
9) referred
10) received
Test 4
1) save
2) sentence
3) satisfaction
4) shouldered
5) silence
6) share
7) soil
8) spare
9) sounds
10) Society
Test 5
1) stamped
2) suggested
3) succeeded
4) tapped
5) sprang
6) wage
7) value
8) treat
9) wind
10) torn