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DIRECTIONS: Below, you will see 10 items.
Each item contains 7 lines of text. In the middle of each line is a gap (a blank line). Which word fits in all of the gaps in each set? Use the drop-down menu to make your choice. If you choose an incorrect word, it will appear next to the drop-down list. Keep trying until you choose the right word. When you finish the quiz, you will see your score. Click START OVER to try the quiz again.
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[001] man and it was a small car. It took a little time and _____ the time he had got the book the woman was walking wi
[002] how you C another painting.' The Ironing Man took her _____ the hand and they walked through the gallery, from r
[003] id. Tom had taken the envelope from the detective who _____ this time looked as unhappy as Tom did. 'I'm so sorr
[004] y had both laughed a lot and this laughter was helped _____ the flight assistant. She thought Tom and Marina were
[005] ter. The friendship continues Megan lay on the grass _____ the river with her hands behind her head, looking up
[006] cigarette and they drank tea which was given to them _____ kind neighbours. Megan came and stood with them and p
[007] s father said nothing as people came and went. He sat _____ Gareth's side until it grew dark. When Huw came in to
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[001] of him. Tom sat down and looked at _____ back page of
[002] back page of _____ newspaper.
[003] newspaper. _____ man went on reading. Tom did not like this newspaper.
[004] did not think it was a newspaper at all. What news? _____ paper was full of big photographs, big headlines, big
[005] hs, big headlines, big... well, big everything, as if _____ readers had forgotten their glasses or were just lear
[006] this newspaper. Each group had three minutes to read _____ newspaper and then another person would ask both
[007] newspaper and then another person would ask both _____ groups questions about what was in it.
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[001] king through the small advertisements. Advertisements _____ houses, advertisements
[002] houses, advertisements _____ cars, advertisements
[003] cars, advertisements _____ dierent kinds of services. Suddenly one advertisement
[004] to him. He looked again at the advertisement. It was _____ a private detective. There was a phone number (a mobi
[005] ia. But private detectives in England? Advertisements _____ private detectives in Tom's village newspaper, beside
[006] . Almost immediately he heard another phone ring, but _____ some strange reason he could hear it ringing in both
[007] om the village, from the house and from the housework _____ a day had disappeared. She put: her hands around the
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[001] Suddenly one advertisement jumped o the page at Tom. _____ YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR WIFE/HUSBAND REALLY IS WHEN THEY
[002] the fridge door with no idea of what she was going to _____ ... Marina was so excited about going up to London she
[003] thought that after we were married he didn't have to _____ that any more. He thought he didn't have to work at i
[004] ng to happen next. And my man, he didn't know what to _____ next, so he just did what his father had done. . He we
[005] I told him to leave. Best thing I ever did. And now I _____ things dierently. I mean, one day I might find a man
[006] somewhere, don't you think? But at the moment what I _____ is this. I just keep them for a little while. I meet
[007] ur favourite room, he said. You know what that means, _____ you? I don't like paintings myself. Well, maybe paint
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[001] . DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR WIFE/HUSBAND REALLY IS WHEN _____ SAY
[002] SAY _____ ARE JUST VISITING A FRIEND? ARE YOU WORRIED THAT MAY
[003] E JUST VISITING A FRIEND? ARE YOU WORRIED THAT MAYBE _____ HAVE FOUND SOMEONE ELSE? " Tom could not believe
[004] again. 'I like a man with a bit of iron in him too!' _____ laughed together as
[005] laughed together as _____ walked into the living. room. Tracy quickly put up th
[006] y took some little candles from her bag and lit them. _____ gave off a sweet smell of flowers. 'Would you like so
[007] ng. Almost as good as sex,' and Tracy laughed again. _____ sat for a while over a cup of tea and Tracy gave Marin
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[001] he morning that she realised that she had no plans to _____ anywhere, that the idea of London had come from nowhe
[002] one day I might find a man who understands you have to _____ on working on the love after you get married. I mean
[003] ee they aren't romantic anymore, then I just let them _____ . I mean, if men can't take love seriously then why sh
[004] ive him another few months and all the surprises will _____ . But he'll
[005] . But he'll _____ as well then. Life's too short, love. Know what I mea
[006] s expensive tastes.' 'What do you mean? Where did she _____ ? What did she do? Did she... ?' Tom asked. 'All in g
[007] had watched this woman open the door of the flat and _____ in with 'her latest', not with Marina's 'latest'. He
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[001] f interest. Not a lot! Something about a bank manager _____ had lost all his hair and had now asked the bank work
[002] the village school sports day. Something about a man _____ had grown the biggest cucumber in England (second big
[003] on with Marina. Maybe this was the way of finding out _____ she was going to meet in London! Tom put the newspap
[004] early spelt out the word 'London' but she had no idea _____ had moved the letters around to make this word. She h
[005] hat the Ironing Man had come back, but it was a woman _____ stood there. A young woman, about her own age with b
[006] ke her own, and a big smile. 'I know you have no idea _____ I am,' the woman said. 'My name's Tracy. I am a beaut
[007] surprise massage.' Marina laughed out loud. 'You know _____ phoned me then?' the woman asked. 'I think so. Did he
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[001] minutes you could actually read all of this newspaper _____ the front page to the back page and still have time t
[002] and stories about lost cats and the problem of ducks _____ the village crossing the main road to get to a river o
[003] it ringing in both his ears. He moved the phone away _____ his ear but could still hear it ringing. He could hea
[004] g. He could hear it ringing through his own phone and _____ behind the newspaper of the man sitting opposite him.
[005] roning Man and the butterfly. He had even looked away _____ her as she told the story. And then she had looked a
[006] as she told the story. And then she had looked away _____ him and had seen the word 'London' on the fridge door
[007] iend on Thursday. She had no idea where the idea came _____ , but even as she said it she got very excited about i
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[001] kly got bored reading the back page of the newspaper. _____ did not, however, feel like working.
[002] did not, however, feel like working. _____ noticed another newspaper lying on the table in front
[003] ading the newspaper, still holding it in front of him. _____ did not seem to have turned a page since Tom had sat
[004] eem to have turned a page since Tom had sat down. Was _____ sleeping? A slow reader? No-one could read that slowl
[005] uestions in the advertisement were the same questions _____ had been asking himself about Marina. It was as if th
[006] as if the advertisement was speaking directly to him. _____ looked again at the advertisement. It was for a priva
[007] ing a private detective had never entered Tom's head. _____ had seen private detectives on television, usually Am