Complete the text with a suitable word in each gap.

These (0) ___days___ people use apps (1) __________ order to help with every aspect of their
lives. Probably one of the most popular is a health app which people use to
(2) __________ overeating and (3) __________ measure the amount of steps they take. Some
exercise apps will even speak to you in (4) __________ that you don’t forget to jog five
kilometres on Tuesday or do 50 press-ups on Thursday. Other popular apps provide instant
news reports so (5) __________ you are always in touch with the world. Speaking of which, (6)
__________ you to feel that you might lose touch with friends, you can always download a
social media app so (7) __________ to send photos, videos and smiley faces.
(8) __________ languages learners, it’s also worth having a dictionary app (9) _________ you
suddenly need a key word. It’ll also record your voice (10) __________ you can compare your
pronunciation with the recorded version.
1 in 2 avoid/prevent 3 to 4 order 5 that 6 were 7 as 8 For 9 should 10 so

Fill the gaps with the following words:

backlog; champion; congregate; contaminated; dismay; hectic; ingenious;

parable; rapport; stark

In the end it was Pete who thought of a really ________________ solution to the problem.

The infection was probably caused by swimming in  water ________________ with sewage.

To her ___________________, her name was not on the shortlist so she once again lost faith in
finding a job.

They ___________________ off campus before and after school and during lunch, hoping not
to get busted by passing teachers and administrators.

It is a kind of ________________ for the eighties -- a lesson about the destructiveness of greed.

I have a _______________ schedule for the next few days.

She faced the ________________ choice of backing the new scheme or losing her job.

A number of people have been employed to deal with the __________________ of work.

 She understood the importance of establishing a close ________________ with clients.

They ________________ a justice system that works on the principle of an eye for an eye.

ingenious; contaminated; dismay; congregate; parable; hectic; stark; backlog;

rapport; champion

Join the halves:

1. Designs resulting largely from trial and

2. The majority of Korean social
3. After being on the market for more than ten years the company went
4. It is safe to say that RX has increasingly become the most active trade
5. Biondi, a highly regarded numbers
6. I teach my children to think of solutions which are
7. Somehow one of my sons chose to stay
8. There's a lot of work to do, so roll up 
9. The ambitious young man took it
10. Geographically dispersed far-flung

a. outside the box. It helps them with problem solving and innovative thinking.

b. for granted that I would find the perfect job.

c. cruncher was seen as the man who was supposed to know about the reserve fund.

d. enterprises are primarily concerned with job creation.

e. put while the rest of us toured the area.

f. organizations may remain centralized for some important business functions.

g. error remained virtually unchanged over 200 years.

h. fair organizer in this vast and emerging market of China.

i. your sleeves and get busy.

j. public, having achieved an average annual profit of more than £50,000.

1- g; 2- d; 3- j; 4- h; 5- c; 6- a; 7- e; 8- I 9- b; 10- f
Join the halves:

1. Some people still fondly believe that modern science can solve 

2. It really proved difficult to crack
3. We brought in a management consultant to sort out 
4. This four-part series tries to get to the bottom
5. Everybody hoped that the negotiations would clear up 
6. She struggled against terrible odds to overcome 
7. His plan does not offer a viable solution 
8. It took me the longest time to figure out 

a. her illness.
b. of this horrible tragedy.
c. all the world's problems.
d. to the problem.
e. the code as it was long and complicated.
f. how to start my own business.
g. the mess we had after the retirement of the CEO.
h. misapprehensions between the two nations.

1-c; 2- e; 3- g; 4- b; 5- h; 6- a; 7- d; 8- f

II version

Fill the gaps with the following words:

backlog; champion; congregate; contaminated; dismay; hectic; ingenious;

parable; rapport; stark

 Honesty is essential if there is to be established good ___________________ between patient

and therapist.

The priest preached a sermon on the _____________ of the lost sheep.

Is your kitchen the sort of place where family and friends _____________________ for chats as
a matter of course.

 She discovered, to her _________________________, that her exam was a whole month

earlier than she'd expected.
There is a _______________________ contrast between tradition and modernity on the streets
of the city.

 Franca, said to be a good cook, was not enough to be a good cook, but just
an ______________________ cook.

 I ___________________ a policy of gradual reform.

 Snow close to the coast is often additionally _______________________ by mineral salts and

organic material from the sea.

It's going to take us months to clear the ___________________________.

Despite his _____________________ work schedule, Benny has rarely suffered poor health.

rapport  parable congregate  dismay stark  ingenious champion contaminated backlog  hectic 

Join the halves:

1. Behind virtually every significant performance breakthrough lies a trail of trial and
2. His seminar Effective Leadership of Social
3. The company decided not to go
4. One of the successful International Trade
5. She may not look like a number
6. The team always thinks
7. Two families decided to stay
8. We've got a crisis on our hands, and we need to roll up 
9. People are apt to take it
10. Instead of a single meeting place, we have far-flung

a. the sleeves and do something about it.

b. cruncher but she's with a big firm of accountants.
c. fair for Food and Catering Products was held in Poznan, Poland.
d. outside the box to come up with unique advertisements for all its clients.
e. for granted that the nature is always there to help us.
f. error, qualified triumph, and failed experimentation.
g. put and continued to live alongside the squalor.
h. interactive telecommunications networks that extend for thousands of miles.
i. public because the economy was so bad at the time.
j. enterprises prepared students for leadership roles in nonprofit management.
1- f; 2-j; 3- I; 4- c; 5- b; 6- d; 7- g; 8- a; 9- e; 10 – h;

Join the halves:

1. Critics of the scheme have said that it will not solve 
2. It proves to be a hard to crack
3. It took ages to sort out 
4. If we know who he was we would get to the bottom
5. The meeting is a final chance to clear up 
6. They suggested measures to overcome 
7. The talks are aimed at finding
8. If you could ever figure out 

a. any misunderstandings between the staff and the management.

b. a mutually agreeable solution.
c. the problem of teenage crime.
d. the case both experimentally and theoretically.
e. how to market this you'd make a fortune.
f. current difficulties.
g. of the whole affair.
h. the documentation needed to get into the country - what a business!

The underlined words are misused. Write the correct options on the lines next to the sentences they
belong to:

1. There is a outside chance that the teacher will let us out of the class early today._________

2. Do you think I jump a chance of winning the first place? _______________

3. I applied for this job fat chance that they will like me. _________________

4. You stand a chance on weather if you go on holiday in the UK. ____________

5. Ann decided to leave at the chance of a trip to London. __________________

6. There is an on the off chance that we will both arrive on the same day. _________

7. If I were you I’d be more serious: that is not the kind of thing you want to take to chance. _____
 Complete the sentences . Use these words and phrases:

a good turn/ a double take/ any harm/ their bit/ it blindfolded/ justice/ the trick/ me a favour

1. When survival is the critical issue, everyone has to do _______________.

2. This sauce needs a bit of flavour and some lemon juice ought to do _______________.
3.  Hey, do ____________ and take these bags into the kitchen while I get the others from the car.
4. This picture doesn’t do ____________ to the way it looks in real life. You have to be there to
truly appreciate the beauty of the place.
5. I did _________________ when I saw how much weight my best friend had lost.
6. It took me a little while to get used to this job, but now I could do ____________________!
7. Zoe lent me a hand with Christmas cake so I will do her ______________ by dressing the New
Year tree?
8. A few late nights have never done anyone ______________________.

KEY

The underlined words are misused. Write the correct options on the lines next to the sentences they
belong to:

1.There is a outside chance that the teacher will let us out od the class early today.__fat_____

2. Do you think I jump a chance of winning the first place? ______stand_________

3. I applies for this job fat chance that they will like me. ________on the off_________
4. You stand a chance on weather if you go on holiday in the UK. _____take_______
5. Ann decided to leave at the chance of a trip to London. _________jump_________
6. There is an on the off chance that we will both arrive on the same day. ____ouside_____
7. If I were you I’d be more serious: that is not the kind of thing you want to take to chance. _leave

Complete the sentences . Use these words and phrases:

a good turn/ a double take/ any harm/ their bit/ it blindfolded/ justice/ the trick/ me a favour

1. When survival is the critical issue, everyone has to do their bit.
2. This sauce needs a bit of flavour and some lemon juice ought to do the trick.
3.  Hey, do me a favor and take these bags into the kitchen while I get the others from the car.
4. This picture doesn’t do justice to the way it looks in real life. You have to be there to truly
appreciate the beauty of the place.
5. I did a double take when I saw how much weight my best friend had lost.
6. It took me a little while to get used to this job, but now I could do it blindfolded!
7. Zoe lent me a hand with Christmas cake so I will do her a good turn by dressing the New Year
tree?
8. A few late nights have never done anyone any harm.