gapped sentences
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GAPPED SENTENCES
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1. When three days of rain left most of the site under water, they decided to off the festival.Hi, Tony. This is Gordon returning your at seven fifty on Saturday evening. Give me a ring if you fancy a pint.At quarter to midnight, I was having trouble keeping my eyes open so I decided to it a day and get some sleep.
0 C A L L 1. When the boat's engine died, it took him three hours to swim to and get help.
They decided to pull down their old house and sell the to a property developer.I shall be waiting for you inside the terminal building when you in Singapore.
2. There was quite a powerful earthquake in my city not after I arrived in Japan.After climbing the mountain trail for six hours most tourists are ready for a cold drink.Electric cars have come a way since they first appeared on our roads.
3. It seems that O'Reilly a false name when he checked into the motel that night.In the UK it is currently possible to buy a car for one tenth the price of new one.By the end of the century we will have up all the Earth's fossil fuels.
4. It made me feel really , being in the company of so many famous, talented people.Before you sign any kind of agreement you should carefully read the print to see what you are committing yourself to.The new tax will be especially unpopular with businesses with fewer than ten employees.
5. The smell of curry cooking in the kitchen made my water.I'm afraid I put my foot in my again and told him about the surprise party.The port city of Rotterdam is situated near the of the River Rhine.
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1. I tried sharing a house but I prefer living on my these days.In the USA, most people a car.The teacher made the whole class stay behind because the guilty person would not up.
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1. When you are revising for an exam, have a every hour or so.Athletes records all the time these days.They stayed up all night working and only stopped at the of day.
2. I wouldn't on his being on time. He never is.The steward dropped the tray of drinks when the plane had to severely to the right.Asking your own for a loan is the best place to start.
3. It is almost impossible to find good these days.Most teachers are willing to students after lessons.Men cannot finding blonds more attractive.
4. The paintings are full of and colour.It is best to only eat a meal before the race.Every time she looked at the baby, her face would up.
5. The runners have only one more to go.As a child, I loved sitting on my father's listening to his stories.Yesterday, I caught my son trying to up milk the way he has seen the cat do it.
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1. Can you help me up these shelves?Because of the rain, we have to off the football match until next week.If you me up for the night, I'll make you breakfast in the morning.
0 P U T 1. Most babies learn to between 6 and 10 months.
Ji Won went on a pub with his mates and ended up too drunk to walk home.When I go swimming I'd rather do the than the breast-stroke.
2. My parents used to keep a in the garden, which used to lay eggs.Don't be such a mother and stop fussing.As I have many female friends who are getting married this year, I have been on many nights.
3. It's sometimes difficult for parents to the right balance between authority and loving parent.These wet matches are impossible to so we'll have to use a lighter.Police fear that the killer may again.
4. Jon has always annoyed me a bit, but it's got to the now where I can't even bear to be in the same room as him.At this it's impossible to say whether the meeting will go ahead or not.Phil had always wanted to be on the and so took up acting.
5. If there's a power cut we'll have to some candles.My mother's a sleeper and wakes up at the slightest noise.In of your behaviour, you will have to stay behind and clean up.
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1. It would a nice change if you could do the cleaning this time.If you leave your valuables lying around, somebody will off with them.The first film was commercially successful so they expect the sequel to a large profit too.
0 M A K E 1. There's no against people singing and dancing in the street at any time of day.
He's already been in trouble with the several times in the past.According to the of averages it should be sunny at least one day a week in the UK
2. He was driving at ninety miles per hour in the lane of the motorway when the crash happened.My watch is five minutes so it must be quarter past ten now.Many people mistakenly believe that food is by definition unhealthy. In fact, some of it can be quite nutritious.
3. President Obama's first as president was to close the Guantanamo detention camp.In four of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Juliet learns of the death of her lover Romeo.Some religious people believe that natural disasters are an of God to punish the wicked.
4. Many people it difficult to do two things at the same time.The writer William Sedgewick wrote that he didn't true happiness until the final two years of his life.Many children are really upset when they out that Santa Claus is not real.
5. I only had a meal before the flight so now I'm absolutely starving.They sat on the beach and looked out to sea. A wind was blowing across the water, leaving small ripples.My mother was a very sleeper so whenever I tried to sneak downstairs in the night, she woke up.
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1. Can you give me a lifting this table, please?I've decided to in my notice at work.Please raise your if you want to speak.
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1. Envelopes are much cheaper if you buy them in a of twelve.I really thought Tom loved me, but he was just telling me a complete of lies.Wolves prefer to hunt in a for safety.
2. Can you the baby while I find my keys?We need to a management meeting to discuss recruitment.Are you able to your breath under water for more than 2 minutes?
3. John the door open to let me through.I don't think I can run the marathon this weekend as I've a muscle in my leg.The police me over because one of my front lights wasn't working.
4. Sarah spent a year travelling South East Asia.I accepted Matt's marriage proposal, but then decided that I couldn't actually go with the wedding.I like to flick a magazine while I'm waiting at the doctor's surgery.
5. Have you noticed that Adam has a small moustache?Sales have by 10% over the past year.At 25, I think you should have out of sucking your thumb by now.
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1. In order to get to the meeting on time I will have to get up in the hours.When new technology is introduced it is often the adopters who have to deal with technical problems until they are ironed out in later models.It was not until I was in my twenties, soon after leaving university that I developed a taste for beer.
0 E A R L Y 1. The plot of the story seems to around from one period in the character's life to
anotherI was afraid that as soon as they saw I was a foreigner, the jury would to the conclusion that I was guilty.You really made me . Please don't creep up behind me like that again.
2. What really gets up my is people pretending to be really sympathetic when in fact they don't care at all.The race was neck and neck until right at the end, one of the horses managed to ahead of the others.Last night on the motorway, the cars were to tail all the way from Bristol to Bath.
3. I would say you have every to feel annoyed at the way you've been treated.Take two tablets at four-hourly intervals and you should soon be as rain again.As well as being the wife of a famous writer, she is also a successful novelist in her own having published a number of best-sellers.
4. When addressing groups of young children, it's important that you don't your talk too high for them.If the salesman had mentioned something about energy savings in his sales , I think I would have found him more persuasive.
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There was a clearly written sign warning campers not to their tents too close to the river.
5. Janet Brown has been a leading in UK politics since the beginning of the 1990s.When I said I'd be there at ten I didn't on my train being delayed forty minutes by engineering work.When she said she was bored to death by the concert it was clearly only a of speech.
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1. I can't believe that John and Jane have decided to up after all these years.The best idea is to the bill equally.We should this melon down the middle.
0 S P L I T 1. My bank doesn't in stocks and shares now.
Jane's father spent a great of money on her wedding.We have to politely with angry customers.
2. We were all in a of shock when the news of the earthquake came through.The house is in a very untidy at the moment.This mobile is -of-the-art technology.
3. The kidnapper planned to his hostage to interrogation.I'm reading a fascinating article on the of inter-racial marriage.Flights are to delay after the heavy snowfall.
4. You should the flour into the mixture then leave it for two minutes.Those songs really up old memories of when I lived in Greece.I put sugar in your tea but I didn't it.
5. All payments should be made in before the end of the week.John couldn't resist showing off after getting marks in his exam.They drove at speed in order to get to the airport in time for their flight.
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1. I tried sharing a house but I prefer living on my these days.In the USA, most people a car.The teacher made the whole class stay behind because the guilty person would not up.
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1. I know you don't want to do it but will you do it as a for me?I think most parents always one of their children.The vast majority of citizens are in of a change in the law.
2. Before we put the product on the market, we will it rigorously.You usually need to get fifty percent of a right in order to pass it.He worked for years as a pilot before going to work for British Airways.
3. They say it is this season's new but I think it is ugly.I will into your complaint personally and get back to you.She gave him a that could have killed.
4. We are judging this proposal by a totally different of criteria.The cheesecake had failed to even after 12 hours in the fridge.Before accepting any volunteers, he out clearly how difficult and dangerous the mission would be.
5. I don't mind how big the room is as long as it has a of the beautiful square.We would like to come and look at the house with a to possibly buying it.In my , there is nothing attractive about beards.
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1. Most people attempt to up smoking several times before they finally succeed.Some students in the class the impression that they understand everything when really they don't.Simona may not be ready to take the exam but she's said she will it a go.
0 G I V E 1. My grandfather lived to be a hundred despite being a smoker for most of his life.
The UN forces sustained losses when they retook the capital from the rebels.Marie placed a object in front of the door to prevent the burglars from getting into her room.
2. Every year animal charities ask people to find a for one of the stray cats and dogs that they rescue.When I told Eugene to make himself at , I didn't expect him to drink my last bottle of vintage Malt Whisky.The invention of the digital video recorder has made producing movies even easier than it was before.
3. When he said he would lend me the money, I half expected him not to his word.You need to on the right side of the office manager, otherwise you could find yourself out of a job.I once saw Philips pay for something small with a ten-pound note and tell the waiter to the change.
4. If I see that young boy again, I'm going to give him a talking to. He's caused no end of trouble.When I lost my camera I thought it was gone for , but somebody handed it in to the police and it was returned to me.It's a thing the inspectors didn't look at the lifeboats too closely. One of them's got a hole in it.
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5. When I was just a small my parents took me to an animal circus. I'm embarrassed to say I loved every minute of it.Don't yourself. You know he'll never give the money back.On Friday afternoons, the students like to around for the last ten minutes of the lesson.
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1. Can you give me a lifting this table, please?I've decided to in my notice at work.Please raise your if you want to speak.
0 H A N D 1. Once I into my stride, I am able to write very quickly.
Suzi really needs to her fringe cut.I was going to sort out my monthly budget last week, but I didn't round to it.
2. Fiona never up for herself and people walk all over her.If his business venture fails, Graham to lose thousands.There were so many book at the trade fair that I didn't manage to look at them all.
3. Riding a bike is quite easy, once you get the of it.Can you your jacket up please and not just leave it on the floor.I didn't really want to up on Amy, but she was so rude to me that I had no choice.
4. If you your ankle you should rest your foot until it's better.Can you the lid off this jar, please?I wasn't going to go to the party because I was tired, but Kate managed to my arm.
5. You need to stop behaving like a child and up to your responsibilities.If you've got something to tell me, you should say it to my or not say it at all.I feel so ill that I can't going into work today.
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1. The committee decided to the money between the charities.John and Maggie have decided to up after 20 years together.You need to this melon down the middle.
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1. I didn't like my last class because the group didn't and no-one got on well with each other at all.Put some in your hair if you want it to stay sticking up.My favourite shower smells of lavender.
2. Did you that John left work early today?If you hand in your now, you'll never find another job.There is a in the students' room that says you must speak in English.
3. The usual rule of when going for an interview is to ask the interviewer questions about the company.I used to suck my when I was a child.It was raining and I was late so I decided to a lift.
4. She wasn't looking where she was going and her head on the low ceiling.He didn't exactly it off with his mother-in-law when they first met but now they're great friends.Rural areas have been worst by the floods.
5. When I was younger I didn't mind if I had to it, but now I like my home comforts.This area of the city is quite after dark, so be careful.I'll give you a estimate of the costs once I have calculated them.
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1. She changed her mind at the minute and decided not to marry him.He didn't even say thank-you! That's the time I help him!The battery doesn't long on my mobile. perhaps I should get a new one.
0 L A S T 1. The police think he's the one that stole the car, but they don't have enough
evidence to him.The children were running around the museum with no-one in of them.It only takes 30 minutes to up this new mobile.
2. Her career really took off when she played the role in a romantic comedy in the '80s.The car was in the for most of the race, but then developed engine trouble and finished fifth.He warned the government that pay increases would to job cuts for workers.
3. They played cards to the time while they waited for their delayed flight.The government is going to a new law to ban smoking in public places.Don't worry, you can't on the disease by sneezing.
4. The zoo's open all year , except for Christmas Day.Please give a big of applause for our guest speaker, former US president, George W Bush.The farmer has so many sheep, it takes him half a day to them up.
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5. If you just wait there, I'll find a waiter to you to your table.He likes to off by driving round town in his new Porsche.Have you seen that new quiz on TV? The top prize is two million pounds!
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