Vocabulary practice 2

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

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1. If you can't keep your dog ___ control, you shouldn't bring him to the park.

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a. on

b. under

c. in

d. with

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2. Leave that machine ___! You might get hurt if you touch it.

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a. apart

b. along

c. aside

d. alone

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3. As long as we ___ to the footpath, we won't get lost.

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a. keep

b. stay

c. follow

d. remain

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4. The supermarket has ___ the old milk bottles with new cardboard cartons.

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a. changed

b. removed

c. withdrawn

d. replaced

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5. This informations pack is designed to make children more ___ of the things they can see in the countryside.

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a. interested

b. aware

c. curious

d. awake

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6. He's been trying to persuade his father ___ him a bicycle.

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a. buy

b. buying

c. to buy

f. for buying

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7. Tomorrow will be mainly sunny. There may be a few showers but these are not expected to ___ long.

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a. take

b. stay

c. last

d. survive

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8. My old riding boots served me well for eleven years before they finally ___.

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a. wore off

b. wore out

c. broke down

d. broke up

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9. How much water does that tank ___?

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a. include

b. keep

c. consist

d. contain

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10. I don't know what I can have spent all my money ___!

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a. on

b. for

c. at

d. in

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11. I don't think I can help you ___ you tell me all the facts.

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a. provided

b. if only

c. unless

d. if

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12. '___ you ride a horse along a public footpath?' 'No, it's forbidden.'

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a. May

b. Can

c. Might

d. Must

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13. The island has many natural ___, includying oil and copper.

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a. resources

b. sources

c. fuels

d. materials

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14. I think you're ___ your energy by sweeping up those leaves. The wind will only blow more down.

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a. speeding

b. spoiling

c. losing

d. wasting

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15. It's a great shame all those old oak trees are going to be ___.

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a. cut up

b. cut off

c. cut down

d. cut out

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