Use of English practice

They were proud ..... their children's achievements.

The most famous versions of the tales ..... written down by the Grimm brothers and Hans Christian Andersen.

One day when Burns was walking near the docks, he heard a man crying ..... help.

I need to book ............ (accomodate) for our holiday in Croatia.

Sleeping cars ..... introduced in 1838 in the US to provide "hotel" sleeping accommodation on overnight passenger trains.

The ....... (govern) has accused the media of bias.

Columbus crossed the Atlantic several more times before his ...... (die) in 1506.

The class are, ..... general, very bright.

You must be good ..... a foreign language.

Mary requested ...... (assist) from her friends.

Between 1794 and 1805, under Nelson's ...... (success) leadership, the Royal Navy won several battles against Napoleon.

The minister refused to comment ...... the affair.

The government has come ...... attack over the new bill.

..... truth is that the Disneyfied tales are often very different from the original story.

To ensure the ..... (protect) of these birds Charles II ruled that there should always be at least six ravens inhabiting the Tower.

Each ...... (employ) received a bonus.

Who was the original ....... (own) of this house?

The porters greeted the passengers, and helped them settle into their rooms. They ..... care of the passengers’ needs while they were on board.

It turned ..... that the man who survived the incident was a very rich merchant.

The original tales suggested the idea that people who do morally wrong things will ..... punished.