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VOCABULARY

It's very cold in here. Should I ( ) a fire?

• Blow

• Light

• Rise

Answer explanation

The verb light means "to start to burn"

Her talk covered all ( ) of the subject.

• Formats

• Aspects

• Contents

Answer explanation

Means "particular part feature or quality of something".

WOULD RATHER

I would rather you ( ) them.

• Haven't told

• Didn't tell

• Don't tell them

Answer explanation

Express a preference about the present or future. When we have two subjects we use the past after the second subject but the meaning is present.

We thought there was ( ) with her.

• Something wrong seriously

• Seriously wrong something

• Something seriously wrong

Answer explanation

Adjectives always comes after the indefinite pronoum such a something, anyone, everything etc.

There was nothing worth( ) in the newspaper.

• Reading

• To read

• Read

Answer explanation

Worth is always followed by either a noum, pronoum or number or ING form of a verb.

"This book is well worth reading"

I'm tired! I've been studying ( )

• All the day.

• All day.

• All the week

Answer explanation

We say

All day, not All the day.

All week, not all the week.

It happened ( ) I was sleep.

• While

• During

• For

Answer explanation

We use

While + subject+ verb

COMPLETE THIS DIALOGUE

Do you think it will rain?

( )

• I don't hope so.

• I don't hope.

• I hope not.

Answer explanation

We don't usually say

I don't hope

I don't hope so.

There is a good bus service here. The buses go ( ) 10 minutes.

• All

• Each

• Every

Answer explanation

We use EVERY to say "How often something happens"

Every day

Every monday

Every 20 minutes

PREPOSITIONS

I insist ( ) paying for the damage ( ) the vehicle.

• on/for

• to/for

• on/to

• for/to