If I were you, I’d steer CLEAR / AWAY of that part of town.
CLEAR
We completely lost our BEARINGS / STEPS. We had no idea where we were!
BEARINGS
I’m tired of the hustle and bustle of the city. This weekend, I want to get away from EVERYTHING / IT ALL.
IT ALL
There was too LITTLE / FEW information for us to make a proper decision.
LITTLE
A / an / the / – ?: This is exactly __ style of jacket I’ve been looking for!
the
The first day on the job wasn’t so bad, but the FEW NEXT / NEXT FEW days were awful.
NEXT FEW
Winning the competition came as ___ of a surprise to me.
little
quite
something
small
Join with a relative pronoun: A number of my colleagues were at the conferences. Some of them gave presentations.
A number of my colleagues were at the conferences, SEVERAL OF WHOM gave presentations.
Join with a relative pronoun: I read a fascinating study. I would like to inform you all about it now.
I read a fascinating study, ABOUT WHICH I would like to inform you all now.
There was a loud clap of thunder, shortly ___ the power went out.
by which
at which
after which
in which
I made pasta sauce for dinner, ___ is for you.
half which
half of which
which half
some which
These scams are so obvious. You’d have to be very gullible to be taken IN / ON / THROUGH by them.
IN
I can’t believe I fell IN / ON / FOR such an obvious trick!
FOR
The so-called ancient coins turned out to be ____, and those behind the ruse are being interviewed by police.
purport
bogus
lured
legit
This cream PURPORTS / MOTIONS to make you look ten years younger, but I’m pretty sceptical.
PURPORTS
The candidates have ten minutes PERMITTED / ALLOTTED for each task.
ALLOTTED
