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  • Adding plants to the working environment can also _____ offices to life.
    BRING
  • Leo was the only person in the street who didn't come to my farewell party. EXCEPTION Everyone in the street _______________ to my farewell party.
    Everyone in the street WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LEO CAME to my farewell party.
  • It was Sarah's ideas that enabled us to put on a successful fashion show. FOR If _________ ideas, we wouldn't have been able to put on a successful fashion show.
    If IT HADN'T BEEN FOR SARAH'S ideas, we wouldn't have been able to put on a successful fashion show.
  • Relaxations areas where people meet to chat and discuss ideas during offices hours are regarded _______ particularly beneficial.
    AS
  • Creativity, hard work and bright ideas come ______positive, happy working enrivonments in _______ people are allowed the freedom to think.
    FROM (or WITH) / WHICH
  • Your books will be despatched on receipt of your order provided they are in stock. SOON. We will despatch your books ___________ the order provided they are in stock.
    We will despatch your books AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE the order provided they are in stock.
  • If offices are too harshly lit, ____ can result in headaches.
    IT / THIS
  • Camels may already have developed some of the _______ that helped it survive in harsh climates. ADAPT
    ADAPTATIONS
  • It was a third bigger than its modern _____, the Arabian camel. DESCEND
    DESCENDANT
  • Finally, the lighting _____ be right, because it can have a huge effect on people's moods.
    MUST / SHOULD
  • The hump for fat ____ for instance. STORE
    STORAGE
  • _____ from previous expeditions have shown that the camel's ancestors _______ in North America. FIND / ORIGIN
    FINDINGS / ORIGINATED
  • Camels are known for their _____ to survive the heat of the desert. ABLE
    ABILITY
  • Because the gym increased its fees last month, I am no longer a member. UP If the gym ___________ its fees last month, I would still be a member.
    If the gym HAD NOT PUT UP its fees last month, I would still be a member.
  • Remains of the animal were founf in Ellesmere Island, the most modernly and ________ island of the Canadian Artic archipelago. MOUNTAIN
    MOUNTAINOUS
  • The driver said that we were delayed because an earlier train had broken down. CAUSED According to the driver our _________ breakdown of an earlier train.
    According to the driver our HAD BEEN / WAS CAUSED BY THE breakdown of an earlier train.
  • The ancient beast was almost 3 meters in ________. HIGH
    HEIGHT
  • The concert should have started about three hours ago. DUE The concert _______ tabout hree hours ago.
    The concert WAS DUE TO START about three hours ago.
  • Scientists have unearthed the fossilised remains of a giant camel that ______ the forests of the High Artic more than 3 millions years ago. HABIT
    INHABITED
  • It's important for everyone to have ____ own clearly-defined work space. even if the workplace adopts an 'open- plan' style , as so many offices now _______.
    THEIR / DO