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Gap-fill exercise
Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
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to sit to win to eat to grow to throw away to let go to read |
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Complete the following sentences with one of the verbs from the table.
- The company …........................ 30 people ….......... in the reorganisation last month.
- I have a tablet, but I …............................. (negative) books on it.
- At Dixie we often ….................................. lunch at LDQM, but we usually say 'Chez Yves'.
- Don't …....................................... your pay slips. You should keep them forever!
- At the end of the day I often …......................................... on the sofa and watch TV.
- En Marche ….............................. the French elections last summer.
- My neighbour planted a Christmas tree, and it …..................................... enormous.
Sit/win/eat/grow/throw away/let go/read |
Complete the sentences using the verbs above, conjugating as necessary.
Sentences taken from the news:
Sentences taken from the news:
- Around 14 staff have been …....................... at a Co Armagh mushroom company after it entered administration.
- Far be it from me to suggest that Donald Trump is saying that a book about him is "really good" without actually..................................... it, but boy does it look like Donald Trump is saying a book about him is "really good" without actually having …..................... it.
- I ….................................... lunch at a food court in a New York City subway station — and it was unlike anything I have experienced.
- Coffee shops are not doing enough to deal with the billions of disposable cups that ….....................................................in the UK each year.
- Don't tell children …................................ still. They may end up as couch potatoes.
- Shinzo Abe ….......................................... the Japanese election, but many do not want him as Prime Minister.
- The UK economy ….......................................... faster than expected, and interest rates may increase.