2. Prices of food are very _______ these days.

3. It’s a good idea to see your doctor every six months for a(n) _______.

4. _______ me to phone them before I go out.

5. Nobody knows what the _______ of the explosion was.

6. He kindly offered to _______ me the way to the station.

7. That large dog is perfectly _______ and has never been known to attack anyone.

8. The _______ about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the journey.

9. He looks thin, but _______ he is very healthy.

10. The _______ in my school is very strict and the subjects are very demanding.

11. You must write your name in this _______ form in capital letters.

12. He went to a seaside resort because he was _______ of windsurfing.

13. Life on earth would come to an end if the _______ were destroyed.

14. Smoke, dirt and noise are all kinds of _______.

5. English is now an effective medium of international _______.

16. This project will create more _______ to local residents.

17. I can’t _______ with all that noise going on.

18. I will _______ you this book if you promise to return it next week.

19. I couldn’t live with a person who had such disgusting _______.

20. Normally, before you are able to get a job, you have to _______ an interview. If you do well in that, they offer you the position.

21. Saucepans are sold in the _______ goods department.

22. His examination results were so _______ that it seemed pointless for him to continue studying.

23. No one is able to explain the _______ of our old traditions and customs.

24. After six months’ hard work, she _______ in finding a job.

25. Her mother asked her to _______ the table for the evening meal.

26. The mother seemed to be very _______ about her son’s illness.

27. The doctor decided to _______ on the patient to save his life.

28. Besides being expensive, the food in the cafeteria tastes _______.

29. Ann studied very hard last year, but she couldn’t gain _______ to any university.

30. It was such a frightening dream that when I woke up my heart was _______ really fast.

31. He _______ for the exams at the moment. I don’t think he can join us.

32. Most children feel _______ on New Year’s Eve.

33. If I were in charge, I _______ things differently.

4. The more waste paper we recycle, _______.

35. He must know about our coming, _______ he?

36. Widespread forest destruction _______ in this particular area.

37. The event was an important one, and about 200 people _______.

38. I’m absolutely no good at all _______ any kind of sport.

39. _______ exhibitions are like huge marketplaces for the sale of goods, and these are often called trade fairs.

40. Well, it was so dark and _______.

41. I’m hungry. I _______ anything since breakfast.

42. Mr. Brown is bored _______ doing the same job for too long.

43. You’ll feel sorry afterwards _______ you do it carefully.

44. This is the school _______ my mother used to teach.

45. Nobody else is going to turn up now for the music lesson, so you _______ go home.

46. She telephoned while I _______ a picture.

47. I couldn’t go to your party last night _______ I had a club meeting.

48. She doesn’t work _______ as my mother.

49. To people in Africa, Asia, and South America, English is an important language _______.

50. Your brother never goes to work by bus, _______?

51. A woman who _______ after other people’s children is a nanny.

52. _______ does it take you to drive to your office?

53. The man _______ last night is my brother’s friend.

54. He now feels sorry _______ what he has done.

55. If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to _______ the match till Sunday.

56. Narcissus bulbs _______ at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of well-drained soil.

57. Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing season, life is _______ in various forms.

58. I didn’t know _______ my answer was right or wrong.

59. My father _______ at night, but now he has retired.

60. Did he tell you _______?