1 i could see the sparkling gleam of water ____ the trees. between shining appeared climbing...

1 I could see the sparkling gleam of water ____ the trees.

between

shining

appeared

climbing

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Write the correct word in the space provided.

Write the part of speech of the word in brackets.

preposition

2 I gave an exclamation of ____ when I saw our new home.

surprising

happily

pleasure

contented

noun

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13 The child looked very small and guilty as his

aunt berated him.


Write the two nouns in each of the following sentences.

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child

aunt

14 I beg your pardon if my remark was

impertinent.pardon

remark





Select an appropriate adjective to fill each space.

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13 Because I was so tired, I

felt ____, lonely and quite

bewildered.

determined

cheerful

vulnerable

happy

14 My ____ questioning

made Mona look at me shrewdly;

I was right on target.

sensible

intrusivenaive

astute





Choose the correct verb to fill each space in the text.

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will definitely be

had already been

is thought to be

will already be

Professor Bishop said that a

new round of testing wasn’t

warranted, given the swine flu

element of the vaccine

subject to significant testing.

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An initial autopsy no sign

that the vaccine was to blame

for the death of the two-year-

old child.

had shown was said to be

is confirming was revealing

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