Marsha Chan's Vocabulary Quiz Home

Quiz 027

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.
Which word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set?

act business clear complete cost expect family second value why
Click words for Dictionary
   1. 
 
   

[001]  It's...  it's a good time, it's a time for all the  _____ , grandparents,  nd children, and we usually go out      
[002]  me after all this  time. We started talking about my  _____   and she knew where some of my cousins had moved to,      
[003]  for you to make a nice vegetarian meal for your whole  _____ ,  instead of waiting for your mother to do it - why no     
[004]  centre of London.  It is two places, not one. It is a  _____  home, where children play and grow up. It is also the 
[005] are ever in California, Disneyland's worth a visit. My  _____  was very glad to have visited Disneyland for our holid     
[006] As part of a conformist society, in which the extended  _____  still provides a guiding structure, the system works.     
[007] not hesitate to contact me or  members of my immediate  _____ . Thank you.' He smiled and moved away. 'Who was that     


	
   2. 
 
   

[001]  is about 46. One in four Third World children can  _____  to suffer malnutrition. In developing countries near     
[002]  shoulder firmly with his enormous hand. 'You  didn't  _____  to meet a cop on this lonely road, did you!' 'I - I g     
[003] burglar's or a thief's attention. Even poor people can  _____  a visit from a burglar. We all have things of person     
[004] thing happened. I was a perfect gentleman. What do you  _____ ?  Especially when she had such a large dog with her'.      
[005]  is hardheaded in her attitude to work. She does not  _____  to do a job for life. 'If I find that the industry      
[006]   They had probably seen my bicycle, so they would  _____  me to try and escape by road. I found a small lake        
[007]  I still have the right to complain, even if not to  _____  any improvement. I wish I'd joined the army or navy     


	
   3. 
 
   

[001]   It was five times as big as France, and it only  _____  15 million dollars.  Jefferson then sent two brave mne     
[002] ou'll have to use mine, and, with the lessons, that'll  _____  you fifty pounds a week, from now until the summer!'      
[003]  sweeping the palace's enormous floors. The total  _____  of the palace was $400 million.  But when the Sultan      
[004] n't teach us!'  replied Nutty.  'And her lessons would  _____  an awful lot.'  'Well, offer her Whizzo instead of mon     
[005]  to be held in London next week. 'Open learning is a  _____ -effective way of building those skills.' The exhibitio     
[006]   when cable networks and satellites bring down the  _____  of installing terminals in  people's houses and then,     
[007]  grant has progressively declined in real terms.  The  _____  of accommodation on campus or for miles around has      


	
   4. 
 
   

[001] on her immediate right and left. During the first and  _____  courses,  she speaks to the person on her left, and      
[002]  accidents in fact are fractures and bleeding, so  the  _____  thing to do is stop the bleeding. Thirdly, very impor     
[003] rked as a stockbroker, and  he was doing this when the  _____  World War started. That's when he started  working in      
[004] title of his first book was 'Casino Royale,' then his  _____  book was 'Live and Let Die,' in 1954. P: Yes, and I      
[005] to feel very frightened. We heard the tiger's roar a  _____  before we saw it. Kamal shouted, Look out!' It jumped     
[006] tion how to set the date and time on a digital clock.  _____ ,  education, like other industries, is becoming driven     
[007] aid for one whole month and cost about half the normal  _____ -class fare, so you save some money.  You travel in        


	
   5. 
 
   

[001] o find different parts of speech for the same  word - ' _____ ,' 'actor,' 'actress,' or adjective 'active,' adverb  '     
[002] w days, my  friend looked better, but then he began to  _____  strangely and  nervously again.  He seemed to have a t     
[003]   She thought about the  hurt inside her that made her  _____  like that.  She looked  outside  at another world, war     
[004]  studying at  university.  Charles found time there to  _____  in plays.  He  played  music too.  Anne was a differen     
[005] ed to the people.  He could not explain  this terrible  _____ .  The court was in no hurry to send the  criminals to      
[006] and politics.  Courage makes us stronger.  And when we  _____  bravely, we make the world a better place  for other p     
[007] rs took  a different view. Rab Butler's 1944 Education  _____  imposed a  limit  on class size of 40 in primary schoo     
    


	
   6. 
 
   

[001]  we'd been involved in play-groups, and had a pretty  _____  idea of what went on in infant schools and  felt... w     
[002]   lovely stretch of the Penine Way to explore.  The  _____ , clean lakes and rivers provide some of the most wonde     
[003]  things and show her things the bright stars in the  _____  night sky, birds flying over golden fields, the blue      
[004]  after the Battle of Bunker Hill, near Boston, it  was  _____  that Britain was at war with its American colonies.  A     
[005] But  the difference between the two is not always  _____ .  After the 2000 election a map showed that the Democr  
[006] their own purposes, whatever these might be. Derek is  _____  about why he puts in so much work every week. 'It is     
[007]   entering  this debate, from whatever side. He makes  _____  that those who support the study of the classical ca   


	
   7. 
 
   

[001]  problems of retiring after over thirty years in the  _____  world. He used to be managing director of a textile      
[002] mputing. He went to night school to learn how to write  _____  programs, and did a correspondence course with an Amer     
[003]  his standard that in the short period he has been in  _____  David has made about �9000.  With it he has bought 10    
[004]  was completely unnecessary  -  we were on no urgent  _____ . We weren't even going anywhere in particular.      
[005] ormation about us held on all the major government and  _____  computers into an instant dossier on any aspect of ou     
[006]   When someone from the company is  travelling  on  _____ , I phone up and reserve the air tickets for them.        
[007] have always been  able to study abroad. The Master of  _____  Administration (MBA) degree originates in the United     


	
   8. 
 
   

[001] curtain moved across the window.  Now the room was in  _____  darkness.  'So you want to play now; I said.  There      
[002] the pages were very hard to read.  He didn't write in  _____  sentences.  So it was very hard for me to turn the      
[003]   In the station's early years, immigrants had to  _____  these tests: First, they answered 29 questions.        
[004] Napoleon tried to make it one country, but he did not  _____  his work.  Poor Italy.' The old man's voice was very      
[005] from his story.  I've added this ending to his book to  _____  the story.  William died on the night of January 25th     
[006]  and reciting a nursery rhyme.  Once the assessment is  _____ , a resource pack for teachers offers guidance on how      
[007]  and students. If students attend two tutorials and  _____  two assignments to their tutor's satisfaction, they    


	
   9. 
 
   

[001] ookshops. There system is unsatisfactory in every way.  _____  don't they use the normal system of payment, like      
[002]  Every time I got a monthly statement it always said:  _____  don't you increase your credit limit? There ought to     
[003] ike us, and partly because she is so different. That's  _____  we are happy to stand outside the gate to Buckingham     
[004] own. It's really an event that brings out the reasons  _____  a marriage has already broken down.  Adultery, you see     
[005] can have more if I help in the house, but I don't see  _____  I should. Mum's at home all day, and its her job to      
[006]  You know, when I first came, I couldn't understand  _____  I was getting so little reaction from people, but now     
[007]  had us where he wanted  us. How could we ever explain  _____  we were driving so fast? What excuse did we have?       


	
   10. 
 
   

[001] have bought in foreign countries and the quantity and  _____  of it. John: Well, we left England on the 4th, and it     
[002] burglar. We all have things of personal or sentimental  _____ , even if they are worth little in hard cash. Everyone 
[003] and their parents can begin to worry about costs. The  _____  of the undergraduate grant has progressively declined     
[004]  with Wendy. It was a terrible sight. Everything of  _____  had been smashed. Wendy began to help Ntsiki and Mamp     
[005]  he said, were confidential. If he knew anything of  _____  he would tell them, but he did not.  He sat down near     
[006]  ideas. As a thinker, he believed strongly in the  _____  of beauty, in life as well as in art, although     
[007] judgment, 10 Washington area jobs that might make you  _____  your job all the  more. The perks range from hair-rai