Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. ask for
2. inserted
3. manual
4. hope of
5. minimize

1. His hand shook slightly as he _____ the key into the lock.
2. Let's stop and _____ directions.
3. There is now _____ a cure.
4. Good hygiene helps to _____ the risk of infection.
5. People in _____ occupations have a lower life expectancy.

Answer key
1. inserted
2. ask for
3. hope of
4. minimize
5. manual

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. sum
2. worsened
3. contains
4. serve
5. pressing

1. The bank is _____ us for repayment of the loan.
2. Her book _____ many biblical references.
3. In _____, we have no chance of winning the case.
4. Tough talk doesn't always _____ your interests.
5. Her health has _____ considerably since we last saw her.

Answer key
1. pressing
2. contains
3. sum
4. serve
5. worsened

Topic: History of Coffee
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks using the following expressions. Some words will not be used.

1. get caffeinated
2. my freedom
3. rely on
4. coffee intake
5. smell of coffee
6. paint the ceiling
7. cancel our trip

1. I can’t start my day until I _____.
2. I'm actually fuming because I heard that you tried to _____ to the coffee museum!
3. Historians _____ ancient texts to trace the origins of coffee.
4. I’ve restricted my _____ because I don’t want to stay up all night.
5. I like the _____, but I don’t actually drink it.

Answer key
1. get caffeinated
2. cancel our trip
3. rely on
4. coffee intake
5. smell of coffee

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. on the contrary
2. ongoing
3. division
4. affects
5. have a voice

1. _____ within the party will limit its chances in the election.
2. Employees should _____ in the decision-making process.
3. The investigation is _____.
4. The disease only _____ cattle.
5. The test will not be easy; _____, it will be very difficult.

Answer key
1. Division
2. have a voice
3. ongoing
4. affects
5. on the contrary

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. traction
2. ethos
3. resolving
4. timeless
5. grounded

1. Thousands of people lived according to an _____ of sharing and caring.
2. Fiction should be _____ in reality.
3. I could see no way of _____ this moral dilemma.
4. The president's message is gaining _____ among undecided voters.
5. His work has a _____ quality.

Answer key
1. ethos
2. grounded
3. resolving
4. traction
5. timeless

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. shaped
2. crossroads
3. home to
4. harmonize
5. transcends

1. We are standing at an important _____ in the history of Europe.
2. The new offices _____ with the other buildings in the area.
3. People’s political beliefs are _____ by what they see in the papers.
4. Love _____ everything else.
5. The Rockies are _____ bears and mountain lions.

Answer key
1. crossroads
2. harmonize
3. shaped
4. transcends
5. home to

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. address
2. core
3. embedded
4. complexity
5. grounded

1. Concern for the environment is at the _____ of our policies.
2. He's very _____ even though he has so much money.
3. Only now did he understand the full _____ of the problem.
4. Your essay does not _____ the real issues.
5. These attitudes are deeply _____ in our society.

Answer key
1. core
2. grounded
3. complexity
4. address
5. embedded