He got angry because he ____________________ what I meant to say.
mistakened
miscalculated
misinterpreted
misinterpretated
This is the caretaker at the school who is in charge of all _________ .
maintaining
maintainance
maintenance
maintainability
Can you give me some _________ with regard to those figures?
clarification
clearness
clarity
clairvoyance
26% of Santa's elves use the North Pole fitness centre every week. ____ many use it less often.
A third as
More or less
twice as
double as
There’s been a lot of ____________________ to your new idea.
opposition
opposing
opportunities
opponent
Entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin for example, have always swum against the _____ and not _______.
river/ flowed with the tide
waves/ went with the flow
tide/ gone with the flow
current/ shaken the boat
Graham Hill _____ architecture and design at university and since then he _____ himself to a lifestyle that doesn’t harm the planet
studied/ has dedicated
was studying/ has been dedicating
will have studied/ had been dedicating
has studied/ has been dedicating
Last week I gave all the clothes I _____ in six months to charity.
hadn't worn
wouldn't have worn
wasn't wearing
haven't been wearing
A ____ over half of the Santas were believed to have fake beards.
few
percentage
majority
little
A _____ of the reindeer discovered Santa's secret supply of whisky.
vast majority
small minority
little handful
virtual half
is/ this/ increase/ does/ graph/ what/ shows/ rapid/ a (There is one extra word!)
What this graph shows is a rapid increase.
Cleft it! She’s especially talented in the area of wrapping presents. (WHERE). The area _____
...where she's especially/ most talented is wrapping presents.
Cleft it!
What I'm going to do is hide the maple syrup in the pasta.
This filter takes out all the bad chemicals from _________ water.
contested
contaminated
contamperated
condemned
It suddenly dawned _____ him that this was the perfect opportunity to invent a new product.
for
to
on
over
It never _______ Rudolph that he looked different from the other reindeer.
seemed to be
occurred to
happened to
thought for
