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

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. embedded
2. legally
3. core
4. incompatible
5. doctrinally

1. The _____ of her philosophy is respect for life.
2. These attitudes are deeply _____ in our society.
3. His works are no longer accepted as _____ sound.
4. All adults are _____ required to pay the tax.
5. The hours of the job are _____ with family life.

Answer key
1. core
2. embedded
3. doctrinally
4. legally
5. incompatible

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. attacking
2. growing
3. suggest
4. reversed
5. continues

1. This trend is being _____.
2. He wrote an article _____ many recent trends in education.
3. If this trend _____, the species could soon become extinct.
4. Current trends _____ that car traffic will continue to grow.
5. There is a _____ trend towards later retirement.

Answer key
1. reversed
2. attacking
3. continues
4. suggest
5. growing

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. served
2. end
3. transformed
4. foster
5. cooperation

1. The teacher's task is to _____ learning.
2. For him, taking classes was an _____ in itself.
3. Schools need the _____ of parents.
4. He _____ as a captain in the army.
5. His words _____ the political landscape.

Answer key
1. foster
2. end
3. cooperation
4. served
5. transformed