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GAMES

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Question 6. There is a ridiculous annual work visa lottery ________being selected is less than 30%.

A. the tendency of             B. the potentiality of        C. the odds of                      D. the rate of

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

When it does ________on the top of the hill, the water runs down like rivers as a place to go driving in the rainy, as wild as it ever gets.

A. rain hardly                    B. rain heavily                 C. rain densely                    D. rain strongly

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

No longer would it be necessary to ________ a Special Forces team ________such a mission.

A. risk/in                            B. risk/on                          C. risk/for                            D. risk/with

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

It's also a great place to come and ________, or sit under a tree, or have a picnic.

A. bake yourself                 B. burn yourself               C. sun yourself                    D. heat yourself

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

Immigrants from Yemen ________ a threat to America, hence the Trump travel ban.

A. pose                                B. produce                        C. order                                D. create

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

In the South, we have plenty of ________ weather to enjoy cooking outside on a grill.

A. bad                                 B. adequate                      C. advanced                         D. good

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

________ wind may interrupt your conversations once in a while, knocking off things on the table.

A. Muscular                        B. Energetic                      C. Heavy                               D. Strong

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

Only ________heavy spending on television commercials and intensive personal campaigning have his rivals overtaken him.

A. by method of                 B. by way of                      C. by dint of                         D. by virtue of

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.

SYNONYM: They say it's an act of God that they can't control what the weather does.

A. a failure                         B. a reverse                       C. an injury                          D. a natural disaster

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

10.

SYNONYM: Every morning at about 5 am, James Zarei leaves his South Croydon home on his morning run, come rain or shine.

A. whatever happens        B. whatever disappears   C. whatever originates       D. whatever ceases

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

11.

When you are down on your luck, you meet difficulties to make money.

A. unhappy                         B. miserable                     C. unlucky                            D. fortunate

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

12.

ANTONYM: I drew on the short straw and had to stay up late.

A. was advised to do a pleasant job                           

B. was suffered to do an unpleasant job

C. was endured to do an unpleasant job                   

D.  was prioritized to do a pleasant job

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

ANTONYM: This time, the park let nature take its course and didn't incubate the eggs.

A. allowed                     B. interfered                     C. permitted                  D. conflicted

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

The nearest common ancestor of man and the modern great apes ________about 30 million years ago.

A. faded away               B. wiped out                 C. ran out                             D. died out

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

The company used excavating equipment to ________and extinguish the burning coal.

A. find out                     B. root up                          C. pull out                            D. dig up

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

It would also avoid the airline going broke as its cash reserves quickly ________.

A. curl up                           B. give up                C. dry up                              D. drain out

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.

Scruffy Murphy's will try to break the ________ on its building on Edgewater Drive.

A. compliment                   B. oath                               C. curse                         D. praise

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

18.

It's no ________  that Neal Schon chose Arnel Pineda as the band's latest lead vocalist.

A. coincidence                    B. chance                     C. fortune                 D. accordance

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

19.

The implications of these facts are ________ for concern for any thinking person.

A. consequences                B. bases                     C. causes                       D. convictions

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

They were hit with a killer ______ when the opposition extended their lead to 5-0.

           A.gale. B.blow          C.storm         D.wind

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D