Truth and Lies

The police have ___ to give the sports club permission to hold a disco on Friday nights.

• advised

• refused

• warned

• admired

The school has ___ that students should bring their own sandwiches.

• criticised

• recommended

• discouraged

• encouraged

We ___ you to reconsider our proposal.

• beg

• admit

• offer

• demand

I’d like to ___ for being too critical of your earlier findings.

a confess b apologise c admit

• confess

• apologise

• admit

• consider

Although Mrs Jones tried to ___ the fact that she had been in the shop at the time of the robbery, the police soon realised that she was the thief.

• cheat

• disguise

• distort

• mislead

Tell me ___ , doctor. How serious is this illness?

• truth

• truthful

• straight

• open

I think you’re ___ lies. Nothing you’ve said is true.

• saying

• telling

• speaking

• talking

Henry managed to ___ the lawyers into thinking that he was the son of Lord Frobisher, and that he should inherit the fortune. In truth, he was just a servant.

• deceive

• fabricate

• exaggerate

• distort

The way the newspapers reported the story was ___ . They clearly wanted to support the prime minister’s view

of events.

• biased

• original

• disguised

• owned up

It is ___ of you to criticise governments for using too many fossil fuels when you own and drive three cars.

• fake

• hypocritical

• manipulative

• biased