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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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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set?
afford
breakfast
grass
path
satisfactory
track
uncle
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2. WORDS
afford
breakfast
grass
path
satisfactory
track
uncle
[001] e boy was shown the door and he jumped down onto the _____ field, and in less than five minutes we had taken of
[002] r, maybe doing some work in the yard like cutting the _____ , and then it's usually time to go out for lunch. Or m
[003] phants ran at the tiger and made it go back into the _____ , so we quickly escaped to let the tiger eat its lunch
[004] making hungry noises, and he was chewing a piece of _____ . Suddenly on the other side of the hedge he saw a pon
[005] ood photograph.' But Mr Duncan was running across the _____ . He came quickly up to me and said, 'Give me your
[006] y that her face changed as she talked, like a field of _____ moving under a gentle summer wind. It's too dangerou
[007] and narrow windows. I looked around at the thin dry _____ and the old dying trees, and an icy hand seemed to t
[008] e buildings around the factory had been destroyed and _____ was growing where there were once houses. So, after
[009] It slid onto the road, looked for the nearest bit of _____ and went straight towards it, pulling Mr Bean after i
[010] er it. Hoomey happened to be standing on that bit of _____ , thinking he was safe. He saw the horse's big hungry
[011] orse was hungrily eating every plant and every bit of _____ that it could find. It was brown, and Hoomey could s
[012] to move. But the horse wanted to move on to some new _____ . It lifted a foot as big as a dinner plate and put i
[013] would have to leave the factory because they needed _____ , he too was unhappy. Then Uncle Bean remembered that
[014] oked down at my garden. It was quiet and empty. The _____ was wet. The trees were brown. Nothing happened al
[015] y one sign of life: a fat black cat walked across the _____ . It stood under my bedroom window and looked up at i
[016] nto the field. Then they calmly continued eating the _____ . Grace worked with the young horse, now almost a yea
[017] another place. There is bread and water and some dry _____ to sleep on. Good night.' The man left quickly and t
[018] in its place. Now the stone is almost hidden by the _____ . But the rock does not fit perfectly. The holes are
[019] e only thirty miles away. She walked through the wet _____ and far away into the wilder part of the park. After
[020] Kiribati was only a few minutes. Kiribati dancers in _____ skirts were seen on TV around the world as they celeb
[021] hey found a good place to stop, with fresh water and _____ . They put sticks in the ground at the corners and al
[022] ind me," he thought. He stayed carefully by the long _____ at the side of the river. Matthew's body hurt and h
[023] forest, the land soon became dry and poor. Food and _____ for the animals stopped growing in the new fields aft
[024] r father crying for help. She found a circle of dead _____ in the place where he was seen for the last time. Sh
[025] Lang ran to her daughter. She saw the circle of dead _____ , but she couldn't hear her husband. This frightened h
[001] rk, and we had lunch. It is very pretty there, on the _____ by the river, under the trees. We had an excellent
[002] and so they stop suddenly. They all sit down on the _____ , and they start to laugh. Meanwhile, your boat goes
[003] and things.' So I cleaned the pan with some wood and _____ - and George's wet shirt. Then we started to move up
[004] the bottom of the boat. We put everything out on the _____ by the river, and we shook everything. There was no
[005] all got angry. We took that tin, and we put it on the _____ by the river. Harris went into a field and got a big,
[006] wood. Then the three of us sat round that tin on the _____ , and we looked at it. There was one big line across t
[007] r, we saw Harris's head - and only his head - in the _____ . The face was very red and very angry. George was the
[008] me! Here, take the food!' And from the middle of the _____ the food appeared, and then Harris came out, dirty a
[009] that he had been sitting on the edge of a hole. The _____ had hidden it. Then, suddenly he had fallen backwards
[010] ied Nisbet. There aren't any.' What? No Figure on the _____ in front?' No. Not a thing.' Are you sure?' Of cour
[011] the inn and the sea, there was only a piece of rough _____ and then the beach. Over the years the sea had slowly
[012] shallow holes and bits of old stone wall covered in _____ . The Templars used to build round churches, Parkins r
[013] d, and even after hundreds of years there were enough _____ -covered stones left to show the circle of the outer
[014] he centre of the circle, and Parkins noticed that the _____ had been pulled away from one corner of it. He knelt
[015] d, using his pocket-knife, dug away some more of the _____ to see the stone underneath. As he did so, a piece of
[016] dow, he was surprised to see someone standing on the _____ in front of the hotel, although it was almost midnight
[017] that the boy had been playing with his friends on the _____ in front of the inn. When the others had gone home fo
[018] hewing calmly, just like a normal sheep in a field of _____ . The neighbours, of course, never asked if it was a f
[019] nd under his feet. He found a small area of half-dead _____ and put the spider carefully down on it. Then he stoo
[020] gain. Last battles The light of a torch shone on the _____ . Now Isidore could see the spider resting on a leaf.
[021] before. Along the top of the hill was a wide, level _____ path and Timber flew along. It seemed that his feet w
[022] icks Brat slid from Timber's back and sat down on the _____ to take a longer look at the green English countrysi
[023] ish countryside. Timber stood quietly eating the soft _____ , and Brat sat, half in a dream. He was woken by a gir
[024] eet. But before he could move, she had dropped to the _____ beside him. 'My, you gave me a shock. But I know who
[025] id I've got to go,' he went on, as he got up from the _____ . 'I wish you didn't have to go. You're the nicest per
3. WORDS
afford
breakfast
grass
path
satisfactory
track
uncle
[001] I'll need to find some accommodation. Now, I have an _____ who lives in Oxford, my father's older brother Ben, s
[002] rt of 'the university experience' if I lived with my _____ Ben? It would certainly be cheaper. *** Q: My parents
[003] isn't dangerous at all if you're careful. Anyway, my _____ Bill lives here, Dad's brother, so I could call on h
[004] ad grey hair and was wearing Fine clothes. It was my _____ William. A minute later he came into the room. Hel
[005] ut Anne Boleyn,' I said. That black-eyed witch!' said _____ William. Was she really a witch?' asked Margaret. We
[006] asked Margaret. Well, she was a strange woman,' said _____ William. She had six Fingers on one hand. I saw t
[007] overs, then?' said Margaret. Of course she did!' said _____ William. There were Five of them , all wild young m
[008] beheaded before the witch, and a good thing too!' Oh, _____ ,' I said, how can we be sure that they were all her
[009] r brother!' Well, perhaps he wasn't her lover,' said _____ William. But I remember all those wild parties in
[010] died?' she said. No, many people were pleased,' said _____ William. She had a lot of enemies.' Then he looked
[011] about them.' Where's the one from Anne Boleyn?' said _____ William. He opened the box on the table. I want t
[012] k. Well, I know that Henry did the right thing,' said _____ William. Anne Boleyn was no good. She wasn't a re
[013] sor, and Henry is now buried next to her.' Just then _____ William came up behind us. Ah,
[014] William came up behind us. Ah, _____ ,' I said. Let's go in and have some lunch.' 5Anne o
[015] e of ClevesAfter lunch we sat and talked for a while. _____ William was very interested in the letters. So which
[016] If it is, I'm sure that she never got a reply!' said _____ William, laughing. He opened the letter and began t
[017] ppy,' said Margaret, surprised. I think she is,' said _____ William. She didn't make trouble for the King about
[018] ' He stood up, and came to kiss me goodbye. Goodbye, _____ ,' I said. Come again soon.' Oh, I will. I'd like t
[019] than he was. The Five Orange Pips 1 The Story of _____ Elias In September 1887 my wife was visiting some of
[020] John Openshaw. My father, Joseph, had a brother, my _____ Elias, who went to live in America when he was young.
[021] st the war, and there was equality for black people, _____ Elias left America. So in 1869 he came back to Engla
[022] . But he liked me, and when I was twelve, I moved to _____ Elias's house. He was very kind to me. I could go
[023] ys locked. Nobody could go into this room. 'One day _____ Elias got a letter from Pondicherry in India. "I don
[024] s plate. I began to laugh but stopped when I saw my _____ 's white face. "K. K. K. !" he cried. "Oh my God, my
[025] y God, my God, they've found me!" "What do you mean, _____ ?" I asked. "Death!" he cried, and ran upstairs. 'I l
[001] to do, and they do all the work. I remember that my _____ Podger was like Harris... Everybody in the house had
[002] ke Harris... Everybody in the house had to help when _____ Podger did a job. When they bought a picture once,
[003] hey had bought new glass, and everything was ready. _____ Podger tried again. Everybody stood round him. They w
[004] one of us thought that it was a dierent place. Then _____ Podger tried again himself. This time he fell o the c
[005] piano at the same3 time. The music was beautiful, but _____ Podger's words were not! Aunt Maria was not pleased
[006] an arrange to go and spend a week with my mother.' _____ Podger got up and tried again, and at midnight the pi
[007] ry straight, and everyone was very tired and unhappy. _____ Podger looked at the picture proudly and said, 'You
[008] to do the tests now. Can we go downstairs?' I expect _____ Eldon has arranged everything by now,' Rachael replie
[009] ore question. Sit down again.' Rachael looked at her _____ and then returned to her seat. Rick put his black lea
[010] g about it. The person who solved the problem was her _____ Charles, who had lived abroad for many years. He wro
[011] mon's party would not take place until he arrived. As _____ Charles refused to fly, and always travelled by ship,
[012] ship, he would not be in England for several weeks. _____ Charles was the oldest member of the Ashby family and
[013] n, and so the date of Simon's party was put off until _____ Charles could be with them. Bee was thankful for thi
[014] to celebrate the birthday oicially until after Bee's _____ Charles returned to England. But Brat had forgotten
[015] nversation with Roger Clint. 'Oh yes. I remember. His _____ wants him to leave the farm and go and live in Irela
[016] im to leave the farm and go and live in Ireland. His _____ is Tim Connell who has the famous Kilbarty stud. But
[017] f. 'Don't worry. The news will get round.' 'Now that _____ Charles is here, and is going to settle down at Latc
[018] ndo, his son (his name means 'Father is the shelter') _____ Uche the children's uncles
[019] Uche the children's uncles _____ Joseph Aunt Mary J Aunt Uzo the children's aunts Dic
[020] ouse in Lagos Okonkwo Odia, elder brother of Ezekiel, _____ of Aku-nna and Nna-nndo, and second husband of Ma Bl
[021] se, watching and waiting for her father. Then she saw _____ Uche and
[022] Uche and _____ Joseph coming towards her. She knew that her father d
[023] ards her. She knew that her father did not like them. _____ Uche was the laziest man in town, and
[024] Uche was the laziest man in town, and _____ Joseph never stopped talking about other people's bus
[025] soup and the yams that she had cooked for her father. _____ Uche sat down tiredly. 'You've done very well,' he sa
4. WORDS
afford
breakfast
grass
path
satisfactory
track
uncle
[001] lking to work because my wallet is empty and I can't _____ bus fare. I certainly have nothing to spend on a movi
[002] ly in my ugly room on my one chair. Sometimes I can't _____ dinner, so I steal a handful of cookies from work an
[003] h the enthusiasm to travel more, but as she couldn't _____ to go on extensive organized tours, she bought a camp
[004] s much as a second-class ticket. However, if you can _____ to spend the money, we recommend traveling in first
[005] visit some friends for the weekend, but he could not _____ a train ticket, and even the coach was too expensive
[006] w, if you want, my son,' he said happily. 'If I can _____ a big house like this, I can certainly
[007] a big house like this, I can certainly _____ a small boat. We'll go fishing every week, shall we?
[008] ose their jobs - a lot of people! This company can't _____ to borrow any more money, John. We just can't do it!
[009] and had had to sell his expensive house. He couldn't _____ the payments on it. From a window in his flat, he cou
[010] lking to work because my wallet is empty and I can't _____ bus fare. I certainly have nothing to spend on a movi
[011] ly in my ugly room on my one chair. Sometimes I can't _____ dinner, so I steal a handful of cookies from work an
[012] h the enthusiasm to travel more, but as she couldn't _____ to go on extensive organized tours, she bought a camp
[013] s much as a second-class ticket. However, if you can _____ to spend the money, we recommend traveling in first
[014] visit some friends for the weekend, but he could not _____ a train ticket, and even the coach was too expensive
[001] touch with a 10-foot pole to one they feel they can't _____ to be silent on." The suit was the only one she own
[002] ion today is worth the price, and whether society can _____ degrees for all who want or think they need one. The
[003] . Mr. (Leonard) Wurzel said he did not think he could _____ to live in such a beautiful community. Residents say
[004] n Colorado to take ill. No government official could _____ such a gamble, nor could any company with a reputatio
[005] lking to work because my wallet is empty and I can't _____ bus fare. I certainly have nothing to spend on a movi
[006] y in my ugly room on my one chair. Sometimes I can't _____ dinner, so I steal a handful of cookies from work an
[007] h the enthusiasm to travel more, but as she couldn't _____ to go on extensive organized tours, she bought a camp
[008] s much as a second-class ticket. However, if you can _____ to spend the money, we recommend traveling in first
[009] visit some friends for the weekend, but he could not _____ a train ticket, and even the coach was too expensive
[010] y the best in the developed world. How long could we _____ that? In the second half of the Seventies, Shirley W
[011] university students is more generous than we can now _____ . Five per cent, ten per cent, perhaps 15 per cent of
[012] don't see the sense in it. It's expensive and I can't _____ it. I think my ideals have slipped a bit at universit
[013] en learning can bring mean that smaller companies can _____ to invest in high- quality training. Visitors to las
[014] uldn't make an offer on my book because she couldn't _____ the money for me to get my teeth fixed. NICHOLAS PAR
[015] union of a kind that we can't to be in and we can't _____ to be out of. These things are the unchanging, uncomf
[016] esentative, Connect AB, on 0171-265 0236, if you can _____ the pounds 1,750 per week (plus air fares). Photograp
[017] chers on temporary contracts because it can no longer _____ to pay them, so next September the first years will b
[018] e to change things,' said Adrian. 'However, it cannot _____ to admit that it can do very little. If it did, it wou
5. WORDS
afford
breakfast
grass
path
satisfactory
track
uncle
[001] few comforts or services and could hardly be called _____ places to stay. Many are horrible, little better tha
[002] term by the school principal, and if the work is not _____ then the student is given even more extra lessons. P
[001] But for just a few dollars more ' 'No, this will be _____ . I'll need a box of bullets.' The clerk gave him a bo
[002] few comforts or services and could hardly be called _____ places to stay. Many are horrible, little better tha
[003] term by the school principal, and if the work is not _____ then the student is given even more extra lessons. P
[004] ey were classed in three broad bands: unsatisfactory, _____ or excellent. Now they are given grades from one (the
[005] oks' (learning to read from ordinary books). The most _____ answer will generally indicate a combination of appro
[006] eadily available. Dr Brown says: 'Nobody has found a _____ way of measuring quality over a period. On one hand,
[007] roved our courses and the science faculty was deemed _____ . The vast majority of our students are still with us
[008] But for just a few dollars more ' 'No, this will be _____ . I'll need a box of bullets.' The clerk gave him a bo
[001] es may burne in lust". But it would not be very _____ to leave our conclusions at the point just reached.
[002] taxing boats long has been debated and discussed. No _____ solution has been found, but this is due more to the
[003] all domestic producers upon presentation of evidence _____ to him of their status as such producers and of the
[004] new systems for development, in determining the most _____ rate of development, and in deciding the proper time
[005] e information which will aid in the design of a more _____ instrument for the measurement of the normal pressur
[006] hloride at room temperature was found to be the most _____ . To prepare the latter, silver chloride was precipit
[007] NTS OF MICROMETEORITE FLUX# One cannot make a very _____ guess about the micrometeorite flux in space. Even i
[008] aerosolized using commercially available nozzles. A _____ cloud was produced even though these nozzles were on
[009] This was not, of course, enough sampling to give a _____ description of the vertical diffusion of the aerosol
[010] 1959). The latter adhesive was found to be much more _____ . The sections were then thawed by placing a finger u
[011] stituting a trial, but such a solution is not always _____ . _3. ALL TRIALS HAVE IDENTICAL PROBABILITIES OF SU
[012] d aplomb. She was hired and was found to be entirely _____ when she played the role eight hours a day. _ANALY
6. WORDS
afford
breakfast
grass
path
satisfactory
track
uncle
[001] ck the next morning he set off from the Hostel on the _____ into the mountains, but before midday he was already
[002] by capturing them as they travelled along the forest _____ and inviting them to eat with him. During the supper
[003] ved away again and Matty followed Betsy along a steep _____ . After a time he began to call again, 'Jessica! Jess
[004] gia to the Atlantic coast. In this way he cut a wide _____ through the southern states, and after that it was ha
[005] to the top of one of the mountains, Montanvert. The _____ was difficult and dangerous. It was raining and the s
[006] p them in other ways too. I swept the snow from the _____ . I watched Felix working, and then I did some of his
[007] ouse was dark and silent. 'Soon Felix came along the _____ with two other men. '"It is impossible," he said. "
[008] came with me to the lake. We followed the monster's _____ , but he was gone. After a few hours, we returned. P
[009] the river. 'There it is.' Judith saw the bridge. The _____ up from the road was very steep. Judith went first.
[010] y. Grace, Gulliver, Judith - they led him up that icy _____ . They told him it was safe. Then they hurt him when
[011] nk rode on slowly, listening all the time. The narrow _____ that they were following went up. After some time th
[012] ent up. After some time the ground fell away and the _____ became wider. Many hundreds of feet below was a dark
[013] Edmond. And the two lovers continued on their happy _____ . 'Boy,' shouted Danglars, 'bring me a pen and paper.'
[014] old man's voice was very sad. 'Can I see your secret _____ behind the wall?' Dantes asked. 'Follow me,' said Fa
[015] m The two friends passed easily along the underground _____ . Faria pulled up a stone in the floor, and they climb
[016] s in Edmond's room. Edmond was working on the secret _____ between their rooms. Suddenly, Edmond heard Faria cr
[017] kly. He pulled the old man down into the underground _____ , and took him back to his room. Then he helped Faria
[018] The young man ran to the opening of the underground _____ and hurried to his room. Just after he reached it, t
[019] took out the stone, and hurried along the underground _____ . The other end of it was open. It was dark, but he
[020] wly went cold. Dantes went down into the underground _____ and put back the stones behind him. He was lucky. A
[021] thought. 'I must know.' He went down the underground _____ and heard the guard's cries. Other guards came. 'Fi
[022] dy from the bag and carried it along the underground _____ to his own room. He laid the body on his bed and pul
[023] for help. The soldiers will discover the underground _____ . They will question the men who threw me into the se
[024] men on the shore looked very small. Then he found a _____ that was cut by a stream between two walls of rock.
[025] rock to look at the ground above it. 'Somebody cut a _____ here, and moved the rock down it. They put a large s
[001] , and walked away towards the building, following the _____ with his torchlight. Inside the building, Rick turned
[002] rom the cli. His jacket, with the note, was near the _____ that goes down to the beach near Westover. I think he
[003] gued the lawyer. 'From the top of the clis there is a _____ which is a short way down to the harbour.' 'The har
[004] . Along the top of the hill was a wide, level grass _____ and Timber flew along. It seemed that his feet were h
[005] morrow, it didn't matter. They came to the end of the _____ and Timber stopped, giving Brat a chance to look at t
[006] instead of ten. On the other side of Tanbitches was a _____ that led to the coast, the
[007] that led to the coast, the _____ where Patrick Ashby had last been seen on that day ei
[008] using to his own advantage. Brat looked across at the _____ along which a boy had gone, so loaded with misery th
[009] name, his mind went back to Patrick going along that _____ on the other side of the valley, from Tanbitches to t
[010] w immediately. Brat rode Timber slowly back along the _____ and then downhill towards Latchetts. At the bottom h
[011] accused, as Timber stood quietly in the centre of the _____ , ears up, listening to Brat's voffice. 'I know men wh
[012] cket was found at the top of the clis, just where the _____ from Tanbitches led down to the harbour at Westover.
[013] cided to walk by himself over Tanbitches hill by the _____ that Patrick had taken on the last day of his life. A
[014] nt out as it was beginning to rain. He walked up the _____ to Tanbitches thinking about his new problem. How co
[015] over his shoulder and walked towards the Tanbitches _____ . Every few minutes he stopped and waited to see if he
[016] aw nothing except the black trees on each side of the _____ . The call came again. It was Aku-nna's voffice. 'But
[017] t and then came forward again. I slid a chair in his _____ and turned into the kitchen. The gas cooker stood th
[018] han anyone else. Four men were waiting on the garden _____ . They were carrying big bags of tools, and looked ver
[019] the house. 'Coming!' She ran across the lawn, up the _____ and into the house. In the hall, her father and Lauri
[020] out loud, 'Help me, God,' as she walked up the tiny _____ and knocked at the door. I'll just leave the basket
[021] u the medicine for the horse.' We went up the garden _____ . The yellow dog lay across the door, and she kicked i
[022] recognize. Then he knew that he had taken the wrong _____ . For nearly half a mile he went back the way he had c
[023] id Giles to himself. Then the old man pointed out the _____ that Giles must take to reach Fablan Fawr. He did thi
[024] e map into his coat pocket. Then he set out along the _____ that the old man had shown him. After a few steps he
[025] st. The mist had become thicker than before, but the _____ was a good one. From time to time he checked his rout
7. WORDS
afford
breakfast
grass
path
satisfactory
track
uncle
[001] proached recently by a British magazine asking her to _____ down details of all Lady Diana Spencer's credit card
[002] a slow, six- month build-up, I managed the 26.2-mile _____ in just under four hours. A creditable performance f
[003] g shorts that don't rub on your legs when you run. A _____ -suit with a pair of long pants is essential if you i
[004] Emily Davidson got over the fence and onto the race _____ , ran in front of the King's horse, and was killed. She
[001] . Sean gently put Thomas down in the grass beside the _____ . The others sat or lay by the road. They were exhaust
[002] or authority to negotiate trade agreements on a 'fast- _____ ' basis. That essentially means Congress cannot amend
[003] nd invest only in companies with at least a five-year _____ record - i. e., stay away from initial public offeri
[004] orchestra. To put the Orange County Symphony back on _____ , a cadre of music lovers dealt with a budget nightmar
[005] ay as construction crews rushed to finish fencing the _____ , only leaving time for practice runs as all 10 offici
[006] atched and possibly certifiably unhinged as well, the ' _____ trollop' in Lanza's intimate analysis 'lives for stim
[007] ce on putting O'Hara on what is regarded as the wrong _____ . But 'A Rage to Live' and his subsequent novels follo
[008] The textbooks say investors weigh facts and look at _____ records to choose stockbrokers, buy stocks or mutual
[009] rs, wire screening, even a small slice of the Olympic _____ -everything I thought I needed for a week of making b
[010] h-inning, bases- loaded single landed on the warning _____ at Camden Yards, the Mets slipped seven games behind
[011] cana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City yesterday to _____ whether 20 chefs, dishwashers and waiters use soap di
[012] roached recently by a British magazine asking her to _____ down details of all Lady Diana Spencer's credit card
[013] a slow, six- month build-up, I managed the 26.2-mile _____ in just under four hours. A creditable performance
[014] g shorts that don't rub on your legs when you run. A _____ -suit with a pair of long pants is essential if you i
[015] Emily Davidson got over the fence and onto the race _____ , ran in front of the King's horse, and was killed. She
[016] to do a single on the back of this project. I've lost _____ of most of the rest. Some are working actors, earning
[017] emotional Akabusi drop to his knees by the side of the _____ to give thanks after a victory in the 1990 European
[018] . Sean gently put Thomas down in the grass beside the _____ . The others sat or lay by the road. They were exhaust