1. Gapped Sentences
For each group of
sentences, think of a single
word that can be used in all
three sentences.
2. _______ products must be put in the
appropriate bin for recycling.
We must eat the chicken today or it will go
to _______.
Trying to save energy in our homes is a
_____ of time unless everybody does it.
3. Could you do me a ______ and give
me a lift?
I'm not in ______ of reducing the time
we quarantine animals from abroad.
Cuts in taxes always _____ rich people.
4. He had a car ______ but he's OK.
I bumped into her by ______ when
I was shopping.
It is no ______ that he has lost his
job.
5. Fiona had a free afternoon, so she was
able to give the problem her full _______.
The new research has been the subject of
considerable media ______ recently.
I think we should bring the problem to the
______ of the local council.
6. The aim of this task is to _____ your
knowledge of vocabulary.
The drug company has decided not to
_____ its product on animals in the
future.
In order to ______ out his new theory,
the scientist has taken over the
university laboratory.
7. In the ______ term, there is very little
chance of funding for further research into
this matter.
There will be a ______ break after the
next lecture to give students the chance
to grab a coffee.
After climbing to the top of the stairs, the
elderly professor was rather ____ of
breath.
8. As the weather got worse, it became obvious
that we would have to _____ back and find a
hotel in the town we'd just passed through.
When you see the hotel on your left, you
need to _____ right immediately afterwards.
If you _____ the piece of paper over, you'll
se my address on the back.
9. The last _________ of the book isn't
quite as exciting as the rest of it.
He always plays the _________ of the
hero in his films.
Because one small ___________
stopped working, the whole machine
broke down.
10. Write your own gapped sentences.
Create clues to help your classmates find the
words.
