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255. advanced-12
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 12 (Answer Keys)
Letter Writing (4)
 
A1
Dear all, just to let you know that we reached our destination after a dramatic start.
answer: (d) destination
A2
I could say that we are having a wonderful time but that would be far from the truth.
answer: (b) far
A3
Everything started to go wrong the moment we arrived at the airport because of the industrial action taken by
the baggage handlers.
answer: (d) action
A4
These baggage handlers had decided they didn't want to load our cases on to the plane.
answer: (b) load
A5
The result of this was that we were held up for six hours in the departure lounge waiting for the end of the
dispute.
answer: (a) up
A6
By the time the plane took off as you can imagine, we were all tired, hungry and miserable.
answer: (c) imagine
A7
When we eventually arrived at the hotel, we had to sort out our luggage at reception.
answer: (a) sort out
A8
The big problem was that our luggage wasn't there — it had simply disappeared.
answer: (d) disappeared
A9
Our first day was spent in the local shops purchasing all the things that we believed we had brought with us.
answer: (c) purchasing
A10
On the last day of our holiday the manager of the hotel greeted us beaming from ear to ear to inform us that
our luggage had arrived at reception!
See you soon
Meggy and Tom.
answer: (b) beaming

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