Everyday English Choose the Correct word

Every woman knows how important it is to look (1)_____ your hair.

• for

• after

There’s nothing

(2) _____ than a bad hair day, especially if you have something special

(3) _____.

• 2. worse

• 2. worst

• 3. planned

• 3. planning

How often you visit the hairdresser’s depends (4)_____ the length and style of your hair,

• on

• of

but the average British woman spends (5) _____ a month of her life in the

hairdresser’s chair, according (6) _____ a new study.

• 5. more

• 5. over

• 6. to

• 6. with

The survey asked women (7) _____ often they visit their hairdresser and how

(8) _____ they spend having their hair done.

• 7. if

• 7. how

• 8. long

• 8. many

Over a year, the average woman spends just (9) _____ 14 hours in the hairdresser’s, which works out at 36 days or just over a month (10) _____ the course of a lifetime.

• 9. under

• 9. less

• 10. during

• 10. for

Visits (11) _____ trips for a cut and blow-dry, which take (12) _____ 45 minutes, and a full colour, which takes two and a half hours.

• 11. including

• 11. include

• 12. around

• 12. approximate

(13) _____ will visit the salon for a trim every six weeks, with the hair (14) _____ coloured every three months.

• 13. Mostly

• 13. Most

• 14. been

• 14. being