MULTI_CONC
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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.
Which
word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set?
brave
convenient
curse
dig
stiff
ugly
wander
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2. WORDS
brave
convenient
curse
dig
stiff
ugly
wander
[001] she tells them. She's a bit naughty sometimes and I _____ her when she gets me up at six o'clock in the mornin
[002] torway!' Winston Churchill described the car as 'the _____ of the twentieth century'. This will probably be true
[003] coldly. 'Alizon Device, tell me the truth: did you _____ a child?' 'Yes, I did,' Alizon cried. 'The child cal
[004] careful, you rich men!' my grandmother cried. 'I can _____ you! I can kill people! I make clay pictures of peop
[005] ster Castle and find Old Demdike and Alizon!' 'We can _____ the guards, and break down the door!' my mother said.
[006] she tells them. She's a bit naughty sometimes and I _____ her when she gets me up at six o'clock in the mornin
[007] torway!' Winston Churchill described the car as 'the _____ of the twentieth century'. This will probably be true
3. WORDS
brave
convenient
curse
dig
stiff
ugly
wander
[001] she was setting out on her current venture, another _____ around America, Canada and Mexico. That'll take her a
[002] she was setting out on her current venture, another _____ around America, Canada and Mexico. That'll take her a
4. WORDS
brave
convenient
curse
dig
stiff
ugly
wander
[001] not 'nice' places to stay in at all. Other than the _____ location, they usually offer few comforts or services
[002] ork in New York an hour earlier. You can't get a more _____ arrival time. Concorde is much used by business peop
[003] subject to delays. What is more, trains are not very _____ . You have to travel at certain times that may not be
[004] rain, I check the British Rail timetable for the most _____ departure, and then call the booking-office at the s
[005] not 'nice' places to stay in at all. Other than the _____ location, they usually offer few comforts or services
[006] ork in New York an hour earlier. You can't get a more _____ arrival time. Concorde is much used by business peop
[007] subject to delays. What is more, trains are not very _____ . You have to travel at certain times that may not be
[008] rain, I check the British Rail timetable for the most _____ departure, and then call the booking-office at the s
5. WORDS
brave
convenient
curse
dig
stiff
ugly
wander
[001] ey drive on the road. And they say that the land is _____ . All of Grey Owl's strongest feelings and fears abou
[002] in 1902, many people called it a big mistake. "It is _____ !" they said. "It will fall down!" "It looks like th
[003] in the bright sun, Matthew noticed something like an _____ , gray stream. It was cut straight and deep into the
[004] e, often fishermen, have reported seeing these large, _____ monsters. Monsters that walk the Earth There are mon
[005] into the house. Marianne immediately hated the dark, _____ building. Soon after they moved in, frightening thing
[006] ens of this strange world, rich and poor, lovely and _____ , honest and dishonest. It is the Airport Internation
[007] I'm getting interested in girls, and suddenly I have _____ pink spots all over my skin on my neck and face! Wha
[008] m. So I just sit there in the evenings, lonely in my _____ room on my one chair. Sometimes I can't afford dinne
[009] e. Why do people love it so much? Man: They're noisy, _____ really, but so full of character. They're not very c
[010] a tidy little museum, rather than a real country with _____ bits and urgent problems of every type. They imagine
[011] ple see it they are shocked because it is so huge and _____ . The poor monster has no friends and feels lonely an
[012] time he replied: 'What? She wasn't beautiful, she was _____ ! I am a man with good taste, which is why I married y
[013] en valley. The scenery should be quite lovely, after _____ old London! SB: Yeah, I see on the map here that the
[014] then I felt angry, then afraid. It was a horrible, _____ picture. There was a man in the picture, but he did
[015] lot about accidents and ill people. I see horrible, _____ things every day. But this creature, this thing, w
[016] r ill people. We have no beds for hungry people, or _____ people. I told the Hospital Chairman, Mr Carr Gomm,
[017] annot go out of the hospital because he is very, very _____ . Nobody likes to look at him, and some people are a
[018] and he cannot work. His face and body are very, very _____ , so of course many people are afraid of him. But he
[019] le in the hospital laughed at Merrick because he was _____ . Sometimes, they brought their friends to look at h
[020] ran out of his eye and down the skin of his enormous, _____ face. 'Dr Treves,' he said, slowly. 'You and the nu
[021] ng to these people, and he began to forget about his _____ body. His visitors never laughed at him. He began t
[022] ed 'The Elephant Man' because he was born with a very _____ body. Merrick was not ill, but he could not work, an
[023] ck died quietly in his bed. He was a man with a very _____ body, but he was a good, kind man, and he had a lot
[024] er. I looked at my mother, at her dirty hair and her _____ face, at her angry eyes. I hated her then, and I ha
[025] ands over my eyes. I didn't want to see my mother's _____ face. The guards pulled my mother out of the room a
6. WORDS
brave
convenient
curse
dig
stiff
ugly
wander
[001] , or 'where to get off' as they say. I thought I was _____ . I thought, 'This book is going to make the English
[002] nners to car drivers. They teach us never to be too _____ ; they make us remember that we do not know what the n
[003] ars were for "WHITES ONLY." They refused to go. Their _____ protest was the start of many student demonstrations
[004] get them. I read a lot every time I go to jail." The _____ African-Americans of Birmingham continued to march.
[005] ortant to them. But Romans worked hard and were very _____ . And they always believed that they could do the jo
[006] in every possible way. Everyone loves stories about _____ people. Many of the most interesting movies, televi
[007] evision programs, and books follow the lives of good, _____ people who solve their problems with intelligence and
[008] In the movie Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts plays a _____ woman fighting for ordinary people. She fights with
[009] example of courage for us all. The River to Freedom _____ people do not always want to talk about their lives.
[010] id goodbye to his friends and his country. It was a _____ step toward an unknown future. But Matthew was a str
[011] German government in France. She is one of the many _____ people in history who helped to shape our world today.
[012] she could help in another way. Was she smart? Was she _____ ? Did she want to help Britain and France? They decide
[013] together again. Her daughters kissed and held their _____ mother. "You look more beautiful than ever," she tol
[014] ll the French Resistance workers in the war."Odette's _____ actions saved thousands of French and British people.
[015] ple around the US soon became very interested in this _____ man from Brazil. The 1980s were big years for busine
[016] fficult to prove. Chico's life was cut short, but his _____ new ideas continued in other people. After his death
[017] today. Our actions can save the rainforest. Chico's _____ fight must continue. Prisoner for Peace It is a hot
[018] ice to win against PG&E. Ed was afraid. But he was a _____ man too. He trusted Erin, and Erin's courage and har
[019] fice to the large, expensive offices of PG&E. It was _____ ? but was it crazy? PG&E was a dangerous enemy. Was
[020] courage from Dr. Shigeto. And Hikari learned to be _____ from his father. In the same way, we can all learn a
[021] n this book. When times are difficult, remember these _____ people. You, too, can find the strength and courage
[022] -66). He had great skill as a doctor and he was very _____ . When the 'Black Death' killed thousands of people i
[023] t the church on your next trip to England if you are _____ enough!A house in Norfolk, England, is famous for the
[024] He had many qualities - he was a great sportsman, a _____ fighter, and was very skillful with the bow and arrow
[025] ther, dead in India all those miles away. 'I must be _____ ,' she said. 'Father always wanted me to be
7. WORDS
brave
convenient
curse
dig
stiff
ugly
wander
[001] ll that exist in a community once you start trying to _____ it out. The range of people that have helped us, or
[002] eologists. It was slow, tiring work, and they had to _____ very carefully. Sometimes they found nothing for hou
[003] a chair into pieces and then used the bits of wood to _____ at the wall. It was hard work and took a long time
[004] to stop. We'll move down lower and find a place to _____ in.' Dawson looked at Wyatt's worried face. 'Julie's
[005] guns at their backs. They used the bits of wood to _____ at the wall. So the big wind is coming, said Favel.
[006] ll that exist in a community once you start trying to _____ it out. The range of people that have helped us, or