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Open Cloze Exercise 19

For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at the words both before and after each space.

1. Is this type of bed different from what you are used ______________? I hope it won't be a problem.

2. Do you find it any sort of surprise that he acted ______________ such horror to what you said? I am only surprised he didn't fire you on the spot!

3. Even if I squint, I just can't make ______________ what is supposed to be written on this coin.

4. That the workers feel angry I can understand perfectly well. ______________ I can't understand is how they resort to violence.

5. You just keep on eating those cookies! Then you'll be ______________ to eat your dinner and your mother will be rightly furious with you.

6. There were thick, dark woods all ______________ the house and the family often felt as if they were on a boat in an ocean of trees.

7. I expected it just to be youngsters at the disco but there were people of ______________ ages there.

8. She absolutely loves ____________ when you sing to her like that. Look at her smiling!

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