Listening 1 Track 39 Listen to six speakers. Are the sentences true

4 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the word in capitals.
1 What's the width of your table? WIDE
2 I always enjoy reading the ______ pages of the Sunday papers. EDIT
3 I’m very impressed by Susan's ______. She's really grown up now. MATURE
4 What is the ______ of your most popular newspaper? READ
5 You are under no ______, but I would really appreciate your help. OBLIGE
6 You choose. I really don't have a ______. PREFER

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5 Underline the correct alternative.
1 I am very particular about / for hygiene. 
2 I've really got over / into salsa dancing.
3 We were brought on / up in a village.
4 I finished my report. Now I can hand over / up the project to my colleague.
5 I take care for / of her when she's ill.
6 The Grants turned up / in late as usual so they missed the meal.
7 I always put off / on filling my tax return until the very last minute.
8 We'll have to take over / on more staff if we want to expand.
9 Dan lives on / in the edge of a forest.
10 At / With hindsight, I’d have done a lot of things very differently.
11 Let's cross that bridge when we come to / over it.

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6 Correct two mistakes in each sentence.
1 I'm very exhausted after all an excitement of today.
absolutely ___the___
2 The news last night were extremely disturbed. 
_______ _______
3 Paul was never pulled his heaviness around the house.
_______ _______
4 Let's build that bridge when we get to it.
_______ _______
5 I would pay for the meal as often as you make the reservation.
_______ _______
6 Tony Blair had written about his time as Prime Minister in his biography.
_______ _______

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