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English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 33
What a Cracker
 
Q1
He always believed in giving his children the same opportunities in life so that each one would have a fair
crack of the .......'>........
(a) strike
(b) blow
(c) hit
(d) whip
Q2
This is going to be a difficult task but we'll get there in the end although it is a ....... nut to crack.
(a) rigid
(b) hard
(c) solid
(d) heavy
Q3
It's a long way we have to travel tomorrow so we must get up very early in the morning at the crack of ........
(a) dawn
(b) dusk
(c) day
(d) sun
Q4
In celebration at passing his examinations he invited everyone round to crack a ....... and have a drink with
him.
(a) glass
(b) flask
(c) bottle
(d) jug
Q5
In view of the falling standards the company decided to appoint a very ....... office manager who would be able
to crack the whip a bit.
(a) stiff
(b) severe
(c) serious
(d) strict
Q6
For goodness' sake hurry up because if we don't ....... cracking soon we'll miss the bus.
(a) find
(b) get
(c) use
(d) put
Q7
I really think you should make an effort and apply for that job and at least ....... a crack at it.
(a) have
(b) do
(c) place
(d) try
Q8
Well, I must admit that I was a bit disappointed with the exhibition after all the praise it's received — it isn't all
it's cracked ....... to be.
(a) off
(b) up
(c) over
(d) in
Q9
They haven't really put matters right at all because they've simply papered ....... the cracks.
(a) through
(b) along
(c) beside
(d) over
Q10 They spent a huge amount of time and money to deal with that small problem and it's like taking a
sledgehammer to crack a ........
(a) pea
(b) bean
(c) nut
(d) seed

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