Entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin for example, have always swum against the _____ and not _______.
tide/ gone with the flow
river/ flowed with the tide
current/ shaken the boat
waves/ went with the flow
is/ this/ increase/ does/ graph/ what/ shows/ rapid/ a (There is one extra word!)
What this graph shows is a rapid increase.
Last week I gave all the clothes I _____ in six months to charity.
wouldn't have worn
wasn't wearing
hadn't worn
haven't been wearing
This filter takes out all the bad chemicals from _________ water.
condemned
contested
contamperated
contaminated
Can you give me some _________ with regard to those figures?
clairvoyance
clarity
clarification
clearness
26% of Santa's elves use the North Pole fitness centre every week. ____ many use it less often.
A third as
double as
More or less
twice as
Cleft it!
What I'm going to do is hide the maple syrup in the pasta.
This is the caretaker at the school who is in charge of all _________ .
maintainance
maintenance
maintainability
maintaining
It suddenly dawned _____ him that this was the perfect opportunity to invent a new product.
for
on
to
over
Cleft it! She’s especially talented in the area of wrapping presents. (WHERE). The area _____
...where she's especially/ most talented is wrapping presents.
Graham Hill _____ architecture and design at university and since then he _____ himself to a lifestyle that doesn’t harm the planet
was studying/ has been dedicating
studied/ has dedicated
has studied/ has been dedicating
will have studied/ had been dedicating
_____ languages learners, it’s worth having a dictionary app _____ you suddenly need a key word.
For/ should
As/ unless
Regarding/ suppose
With/ in order that
There’s been a lot of ____________________ to your new idea.
opposing
opposition
opportunities
opponent
_____ entrepreneurs are different from most of us in that they are able to spot an opportunity where most cannot.
Physiologically
Medically
Biologically
Psychologically
A ____ over half of the Santas were believed to have fake beards.
few
majority
percentage
little
He got angry because he ____________________ what I meant to say.
misinterpreted
misinterpretated
mistakened
miscalculated
We are often ____ at school that if we study hard and go to university, we’ll get a good job. And many pupils do just that.
promised
told
predicted
warned
A _____ of the reindeer discovered Santa's secret supply of whisky.
little handful
vast majority
small minority
virtual half
In ___ new survey, it seems that thousands ____ employees across Europe spend as much ___ a third of their working day not involved in work-related activities.
this/ of the/ less than
a/ of/ as
a/ and more/ as
the/ of our/ more or less
These ___ people use apps _______ help with every aspect of their lives.
days/ in order to
times/ as to
generation/ so to
weird/ in case
It never _______ Rudolph that he looked different from the other reindeer.
happened to
occurred to
thought for
seemed to be