Q.1
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. I well remember the very ... ... time I learnt to say, 'My name is X'.
  • ... last ...
  • ... next ...
  • ... first ...
  • ... fifth ...
Q.2
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. My medicine should be ready to collect by now; I took the prescription into the pharmacy ... ... week.
  • ... next ...
  • ... this ...
  • ... last ...
  • ... that ...
Q.3
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. 'I think your horse came in ... ... in that race; he was about a ... ...-and-a-half behind the winner.'
  • ... third ... / ... minute ...
  • ... second ... / ... third ...
  • ... second ... / ... second ...
  • ... fourth ... / ... mile ...
Q.4
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. Oddly enough, we were very happy at my uncle's funeral: he had died doing something he really enjoyed. Apparently, he had just scored a hole-in-one on the ... ... at the golf club, on his ... ... birthday, and maybe the surprise and excitement were all too much for him!
  • ... eighteenth ... / ... sixtieth ...
  • ... twenty-ffifth ... / ... fifteenth ...
  • ... forty-eighth ... / ... last ...
  • ... ninety-ninth ... / ... seventh ...
Q.5
Here is an English saying which has been around for a century or so. With our help, see if you can match up the blanks! It is about the idea that in 'hard times', few luxuries are available. 'Jam ... ... , jam ... ... , but never jam ... ... !'
  • ... yesterday ... / ... today ... / ... tomorrow
  • ... yesterday ... / ... tomorrow ... / ... today
  • ... today ... / ... tomorrow ... / ... yesterday
  • ... tomorrow ... / ... today ... / ... yesterday
Q.6
When people are waiting in a queue, to be seen one-by-one (perhaps by someone like a dentist or hairdresser), the quickest way for the person at the head of the queue to be called forward is by someone saying: ... ...
  • 'Who's the following, thank you?'
  • 'Last one, excuse me!'
  • 'I need another person.'
  • 'Next, please!'
Q.7
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. We met up again with that family who used to live ... ... from us on Nelson Street.
  • ... close ..
  • ... near ...
  • ... three doors down ...
  • ... almost next door ...
Q.8
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. The English word 'antepenultimate' means the ... ... in a series.
  • ... absolutely final ...
  • ... last-but-one ...
  • ... next-to-last ...
  • ... third item back from the end ...
Q.9
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. There's something very odd about the British legal system. You can marry on your ... ... birthday, drive on your ... ... ; but only on your ... ... can you legally buy alcohol.
  • ... fifteenth ... / ... sixteenth ... / ... seventeenth ...
  • ... sixteenth ... / ... seventeenth ... / ... eighteenth ...
  • ... seventeenth ... / ... eighteenth ... / ... nineteenth ...
  • ... eighteenth ... / ... nineteenth ... / ... twenty-first ...
Q.10
Choose the best word or words to fill the gap. 'If you've lost something, my rule is: 'The ... ... place to start looking, should be the ... ... place you'd expect to find it.' And you may be pleasantly surprised how quickly you do!'
  • ... first ... / ... first ...
  • ... first ... / ... last ...
  • ... last ... / ... first ...
  • ... next ... / ... best ...
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