TEST 10 - 3

Did I go ________ with the Christmas decorations? I'm worried I bought enough Christmas lights to light up Times Square.

• overboard
• overhead
• overload
• overskill

It was a tough act to follow, but the band rose to the ________ and played the best set of their career.

• top
• occasion
• bait
• skill

You say you need new clothes but your wardrobe is full to ________ with dresses.

• overflowing
• overfilling
• overlaying
• overstepping

I went to great ________ to get this party organized, so don't make some lame excuse about not coming!

• pains
• torment
• efforts
• difficulty

I'm really glad that pompous oaf lost his court case, maybe that will bring him down a ________ or two.

• step
• notch
• peg
• rung

The economic situation makes many people unwilling to take the ________ and open their own businesses.

• initiative
• bull
• plunge
• opportunity

The new soap opera on Channel 3 ________ new depths in terms of tastelessness.

• plumbs
• reaches
• fills
• achieves

he Queen was present at the official ________ of the statue.

• revealing
• unpacking
• unwrapping
• unveiling

The weekend is over, so tomorrow’s morning it’s back to the ________.

• grind
• labour
• grudgery
• toil

Looking after a house, four children, a lazy husband and two dogs is real ________.

• labour
• drudgery
• toil
• grind