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139. intermediate-54
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 54
Losing It (2)
 
Q1
The trouble with him is that if you push him too far, he's likely to shout at you and lose his ........
(a) cold
(b) coldness
(c) cool
(d) ice
Q2
There's no hope for him now because he's lost his .......'>....... and has gone completely crazy.
(a) glasses
(b) stones
(c) jewels
(d) marbles
Q3
At the very last minute she broke down in tears and lost her ........
(a) skill
(b) nerve
(c) sense
(d) feeling
Q4
First he started shouting and then he began to throw things round the room and it was clear he had just lost
his ........
(a) rag
(b) cloth
(c) cover
(d) sheet
Q5
Despite his great age we realized that he'd not lost his ....... because he was still able to deliver a wonderful
speech.
(a) feel
(b) contact
(c) touch
(d) feeling
Q6
Do you mind repeating that last bit again as I seem to have lost the ....... of your argument?
(a) length
(b) string
(c) cord
(d) thread
Q7
When it came to dividing the profits we lost ....... because we didn't get our fair share.
(a) off
(b) out
(c) in
(d) through
Q8
As she was walking across the tight rope at the circus she lost her ....... and fell to the ground.
(a) control
(b) direction
(c) balance
(d) sense
Q9
After a while I got fed up with the film and began to lose ....... in the story.
(a) thought
(b) following
(c) thinking
(d) interest
Q10 There's no harm in trying your luck there because after all you have ....... to lose.
(a) less
(b) nothing
(c) a little
(d) least

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