Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. rolled
2. updates
3. scholarship
4. by email
5. bored

1. Send a message _____.
2. She won a _____ to study at Stanford.
3. You can get hourly news _____ on the Internet.
4. He was rather _____ with his life in a small town.
5. A tear _____ down his face.

Answer key
1. by email
2. scholarship
3. updates
4. bored
5. rolled

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. solely
2. specialized
3. centred
4. notable
5. shaping

1. He had a major influence in _____ the government’s economic policies.
2. This attractive building is particularly _____ for its woodland setting.
3. He _____ in criminal law.
4. I bought it _____ for that purpose.
5. The debate _____ on funding for health services.

Answer key
1. shaping
2. notable
3. specialized
4. solely
5. centred

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. left out of
2. bored
3. inmates
4. doused
5. beneficial

1. He was _____ with their conversation.
2. He _____ the flames with a fire extinguisher.
3. A good diet is _____ to health.
4. He was unhappy at being _____ the team.
5. Ten prison officers and three _____ needed hospital treatment following the riot.

Answer key
1. bored
2. doused
3. beneficial
4. left out of
5. inmates

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. unhappy
2. emotive
3. cornerstone
4. voluntary
5. abstinence

1. My faith teaches me that _____ is a virtue.
2. Attendance on the course is purely _____.
3. I didn't realize but he was deeply _____ at that time.
4. Trust is the _____ of their relationship.
5. Capital punishment is a highly _____ issue.

Answer key
1. abstinence
2. voluntary
3. unhappy
4. cornerstone
5. emotive

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. witness
2. plenty
3. stallion
4. gateway
5. easy-going

1. To her a home in the country was a _____ to happiness.
2. His success bears _____ to the value of hard work.
3. His friends described him as an _____ person.
4. Zebras live in herds with a dominant _____ as the herd leader.
5. They viewed the New World as a land of _____.

Answer key
1. gateway
2. witness
3. easy-going
4. stallion
5. plenty

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. canonical
2. stringent
3. species
4. pivotal
5. verifying

1. There are many _____ of dog(s).
2. His proposals were generally accepted as _____ (= undisputed).
3. We have no way of _____ his story.
4. Licences are only granted under the most _____ (= strict) conditions.
5. Accountancy, law and economics are _____ to a successful career in any financial services area.

Answer key
1. species
2. canonical
3. verifying
4. stringent
5. pivotal

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. renunciation
2. in favour of
3. rooted
4. classical
5. endorse

1. I wonder how many celebrities actually use the products they _____.
2. He argued _____ a strike.
3. He is one of our greatest _____ actors.
4. Their vows include _____ of all wealth.
5. His problems are deeply _____ in his childhood experiences.

Answer key
1. endorse
2. in favour of
3. classical
4. renunciation
5. rooted