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COASTAL

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mr. Firelighter was charged with _____ the funds of several charities.

a)

misappropriating

b)

mislaying

c)

mistaking

d)

misplacing

2.

She summed up Henry's achievements in a few _____ phrases.

a)

felicitous

b)

utilitarian

c)

loquacious

d)

ominous

3.

After the break-up, her mood _____ between hope and despair.

a)

transfixed

b)

radiated

c)

emanated

d)

vacillated

4.

We can't apply the same theory to this situation - it is ____ opposite to the one we encountered last month.

a)

diabolically

b)

diagonally

c)

diametrically

d)

diachronically

5.

She wears the most _____ color combinations you could ever imagine.

a)

hiding

b)

hideout

c)

hidebound

d)

hideous

6.

A few of the older campers were sent home after a week as they were _____.

a)

lenient

b)

erratic

c)

unruly

d)

indulgent

7.

The estate company is now _____ their new apartment building.

a)

hiring

b)

chartering

c)

leasing

d)

mortaging

8.

Despite all the evidence, he wouldn't admit that he was in the _____.

a)

fault

b)

error

c)

wrong

d)

slip

9.

Jim's tough character won't let anyone push him ______.

a)

up

b)

off

c)

around

d)

through

10.

She can't be interested in the lessons, ____ that she always arrives late.

a)

viewing

b)

seeing

c)

noting

d)

judging

11.

The room was _____ decorated in gold and silver; it was quite simply over the top.

a)

ostentatiously

b)

tantalizingly

c)

tactfully

d)

benevolently

12.

It had been assumed Phillip would take over the manager's post after the man retired. But it never came to _____ since he decided to change his place of work.

a)

final

b)

occurrence

c)

pass

d)

being

13.

The authorities probably want to be tough and won't _____ to the hijackers' absurd demands.

a)

abandon

b)

yield

c)

resign

d)

collapse

14.

Jane is determined to _____ her claim as an actress.

a)

stroll

b)

tick

c)

stake

d)

obtain

15.

When she puts her mind to it, she is always capable of ______ sarcasm.

a)

biting

b)

sharpening

c)

slicing

d)

striking

16.

He has been trying to improve his grades but instead, they have remained as _____ as possible.

a)

static

b)

oncoming

c)

parasitic

d)

virtual

17.

I'm afraid Tim doesn't take much care over his homework. He usually does it _____.

a)

any old how

b)

any how

c)

how on earth

d)

how come

18.

Music is not only (a)   , but it does sharpen our personality. ( REPRESENT)

19.

She gave her time and advice (a)   in order for this work to be completed. (STINT)

20.

Many teachers express serious (a)   about the new tests. (GIVE)

21.

(a)   of course, I am much better off than I used to be. (MONEY)

22.

She há scrawled me a note in her familiar _____writing.

a)

scratchy

b)

scruffy

c)

rusty

d)

sloppy

23.

He made a number of _____ remarks about my cooking, which upsets us.

a)

slashing

b)

stabbing

c)

chopping

d)

cutting

24.

You really will have to be able to _____ down a job for more than 6 weeks.

a)

keep

b)

turn

c)

take

d)

hold

25.

They were caught because their sudden wealth gave the ____ away.

a)

fact

b)

game

c)

idea

d)

match

26.

A wave of bombings _____ through the capital's business district.

a)

slashed

b)

hacked

c)

incised

d)

ripped

27.

The government is now faced with the (a)   problems of unemployment. (SUPER)

28.

Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to _____ his load cold.

a)

throw off

b)

throw away

c)

throw down

d)

throw over

29.

I couldn't get a wink of sleep last night, so I'm not really on the _____ today.

a)

mark

b)

fringe

c)

ball

d)

weakness

30.

I will always regret letting that opportunity slip through my _____.

a)

hands

b)

fingers

c)

mind

d)

heart

31.

I woke up late, ____ down some orange juice to wake me up and ran to the car.

a)

grinded

b)

gasped

c)

grabbed

d)

gulped

32.

I only had lunch an hour ago, but I'm starting to feel a little ____ already.

a)

parched

b)

famished

c)

stuffed

d)

peckish

33.

Sleeplessness is also _____ by overworking and unfavorable surroundings.

a)

engendered

b)

applied

c)

instigated

d)

evolved

34.

What I find most _____ about it is that she didn't even have the decency to say that she was sorry.

a)

furious

b)

galling

c)

touchy

d)

blazing

35.

She really _____ her time to help.

a)

gave of

b)

gave in

c)

gave way

d)

gave back

36.

That Jack was born and brought up in a rich family is as plain as the _____.

a)

nose on his face

b)

back of his hand

c)

hair on his head

d)

tip of his tongue

37.

The preparations for the Olympic Games are on ______ according to the committee in charge.

a)

goal

b)

target

c)

progress

d)

aim

38.

She recognized his face, but his name ______ her.

a)

missed

b)

escaped

c)

forgot

d)

failed

39.

We're afraid you're ______ a dead horse, Rose Kate will never agree to your proposal.

a)

flogging

b)

ridding

c)

worming

d)

hiding

40.

Try to dress yourself with your arm in a _____ is almost impossible.

a)

sling

b)

bandage

c)

regimes

d)

fixation

41.

In the _____ of just two days, her whole life changed.

a)

interval

b)

space

c)

spell

d)

duration

42.

The thief took ____ when they heard a police car approaching.

a)

retreat

b)

flight

c)

escape

d)

getaway

43.

By the ____ of it, the economy will improve over the next few months.

a)

face

b)

impression

c)

evidence

d)

look

44.

He is a(n) _____ young man who shows no respect for Gods.

a)

impious

b)

ludicrous

c)

precipitous

d)

capacious

45.

The progress has progressed in _____ and starts due to a constant change in funding.

a)

wits

b)

bits

c)

fits

d)

sits

46.

The aid organization promised to deliver medical supplement _____ the double.

a)

at

b)

in

c)

with

d)

round

47.

Douglass portrayed himself as a (a)   man, which appealed strongly to the middle-class white Americans. (MAKE)

48.

'They say that your wife tends to pry into other people's private matter.' - 'I don't care - It's no skin off my _____'

a)

palm

b)

skull

c)

cheek

d)

nose

49.

If the contract has not been signed by witnesses, it is considered _____.

a)

null and void

b)

nook and cranny

c)

neck and neck

d)

nip and tuck

50.

The patient recovered from his operation ____.

a)

by bits and pieces

b)

gradual

c)

by degrees

d)

in bits and pieces

51.

They were so taken aback by the outcome of their plan that they stood _____ to the floor in surprise.

a)

rooted

b)

entrenched

c)

stuck

d)

earthed

52.

The prisoner was released from gaol when it was discovered that there had been a _____ of justice.

a)

mishap

b)

miscarriage

c)

mistake

d)

misdemeanour

53.

We were ______ on the island until the tide went out and we could use the causeway.

a)

deserted

b)

marooned

c)

abandoned

d)

jettisoned

54.

Demand for the product is expected to peak five years from now and then to ____.

a)

taper off

b)

fall down

c)

set back

d)

drift away

55.

Lack of sleep over the last few months is finally ____ Jane.

a)

coming over

b)

getting on with

c)

putting on

d)

catching up with

56.

The low, unbroken ____ of the machine next door gradually bored its way into his brain.

a)

din

b)

thud

c)

blare

d)

hum

57.

After their release, the hostages described the _____ they had been through.

a)

epic

b)

ordeal

c)

burden

d)

quest

58.

This pesticide kills insects ____ contact.

a)

with

b)

at

c)

for

d)

on

59.

For many young people, driving cars at high speed seems to _____ a rather fatal fascination.

a)

contain

b)

comprise

c)

weave

d)

hold

60.

By supplying Europeans with home-produced crocodiles, we can _____ the market value of illegally supplied crocodile meat.

a)

downsize

b)

downplay

c)

undercut

d)

undergo

61.

Bearing in mind that ' (a)   is forearmed.'

(WARN)

62.

In any transport system, the safety of passengers should be _____.

a)

paramount

b)

eminent

c)

chief

d)

prime