Olympic burden (Olympic 2021)

"Shall I call Eddie at home?" - "I think he ___ now"

• will be working

• is going to work

• is to work

• will work

"___ you were ill, we wouldn't have come." - "Don't be silly! I always enjoy your company."

• Were we to know

• Had we known

• Had we to know

• Should we have known

"Where've you been Mary?" - "Well my tutor ___ some research into post graduate studies."

• made me to do

• had me to do

• got me to do

• put me do

Answer explanation

Causative:

To have sb do sth = To get sb to do sth

His new song caught ___ right away and entered the top ten the week after its release.

• on

• up

• off

• over

Answer explanation

CATCH ON: to become fashionable or popular

To avoid an argument, she fell ___ her husband's plans.

• in for

• in with

• out of

• away from

Answer explanation

FALL IN WITH: to accept and support a plan or suggestion

I only get ___ watching TV when the children are in bed.

• out of

• of with

• round to

• on with

Answer explanation

GET ROUND TO: to find time to do something

They offered to buy her a BMW but she's holding ___ a Porsche

• out for

• out on

• back with

• up with

Answer explanation

HOLD OUT FOR: to not agree to something until you have got what you wanted

If we keep ___ the plan exactly, we're certain to succeed.

• up

• on

• to

• with

Answer explanation

KEEP TO STH: to do what you have promised or planned to do

Jane was so determined to become a model that her parents couldn't talk her ___ it.

• down to

• round about

• out of

• away from

Answer explanation

TALK SB OUT OF STH: to persuade someone not to do something

Fighting among rebel soldiers ___ last night and a curfew has now been imposed on the city.

• enhanced

• aggravated

• heightened

• intensified