Unit 9 Test 1
Unit 9 Test 1
Unit 9 Test 1
1. Joe looks very worried ________ his job. Why doesn't he talk to someone about it?
2. Most workers agreed ________ the management on having a wage cut to save their jobs.
3. Jane was late ________ Susan's birthday party on Friday night.
4. Why must you always argue ________ Donald about football?
5. However, after a few months I noticed that my car wasn't running very well. I had never _______
the car serviced, so I decided it was time I took it to a garage.
6. When the day came, she couldn't accompany me because she had ________ someone to paint our
house and she had to be there herself.
7. I had no problem with that, but I hated even the idea of ________ a blood test done.
8. The test results came out a week later and showed that there ________ nothing wrong with me.
9. The Volkswagen is one of the best known cars in the world. ________ all accounts, it defined a
whole generation of people.
10. I painted my apartment ________ my own.
Ex. 2: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.
1. Miller’s major _______________ (ACHIEVE) came in 1949, when he won the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama for his play.
2. I really love the _______________ (QUIET) of the area in the beautiful countryside.
3. I didn’t have a pen to write down Kevin’s phone number, so I _______________
(MEMORY) it.
4. The food was so cold and _______________ (TASTE) that I decided to complain to the
manager about it.
5. Bill had his briefcase _______________ (STEAL) yesterday.
6. His play tells the tragic story of an average man destroyed by false values which get in
the way of developing an honest relationship with his sons, who disapprove of his
_______________ (BELIEVE) and look down on him.
7. To canculate the area of a room, you multiply its length by its _______________
(WIDE).
8. Childrenare warned not to accept sweets from _______________ (STRANGE).
9. After the accident, my father suffered a gradual _______________ (LOSE) of memory.
10. We found his _______________ (BEHAVE) so annoying that we had to leave the room.
Use the following suggestions to make sentences.
Instead of
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Apart from
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Owing to
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Thanks to
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