Grammar, Vocabulary and All That. Плужникова Ю.А. - 39 стр.

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(select – choose – elect)
1. You may look through the catalogue and ………. any book you like. 2. The
furniture and pictures were …………. with great care to suit the style of the villa.
3. Though she had been offered to share the house in Grosvenor Square with her
elder brother she …………. to live in the country. 4. He was in his early thirties
when he was …… deputy to the Supreme Court. 5. The pictures in the mansion
have been obviously ……….. by an expert. 6. Mrs. Tompson, after careful
consideration, has ………… a first-class boarding school for her younger daughter.
7. Helen ………. the first hat she had been offered, which she later regretted. 8. He
didn`t ……….. to answer the question. 9. We should …………… one of the
suggested projects. 10. After only a year in the sports club, the youngest player was
…….…… to the committee. 11. Jim ……..…… Mary as his wife. 12. After many
tests, John was ……..…… for the team. 13. They ……..…..….. her as captain.
14. They …….……. to go by train. 15. It is difficult to …….…… among so many
nice houses.
(look – seem – appear)
1. The weather …..……. quite warm though it`s only 5
0
C above zero. 2. The
children …….... tried but they ……..…. Greatly pleased with the trip, don`t they?
3. It ………….. that something was wrong. 4. The host and the hostess ……….. a
bit old-fashioned, but they ……….. to be hospitable and friendly. 5. She …….…. to
be very light-minded, but she only ……………. it. 6. The new teacher ………….
young and inexperienced. 7. My brother says that people usually ………… what
they are and I believe that people are very often quite different from what they
………. to be. 8. Old Jolyon ………….. young in spite of his age. 9. After her
illness the girl ……………. pale and worn. 10. The hunter's story ……………….
to the listeners as a mere boasting.
(refuse – give up)
1. In spite of his father`s wish he ……… to leave the Medical Institute as he was
fond of medicine and didn`t want to ……….. . 2. I decided to break with him after
he had ……….. to help me when I was in great need of help. 3. Though she
regularly ……….. his proposal he culdn`t ………. his dream of marrying her sooner
or later. 4. If she asks me for any favour I`ll never ………. her. 5. If I were you I
wouldn’t ………… my plan so easily. 6. The cinema owners have the right to
…….…… admission to anyone under eighteen years of age. 7. He ……..…… them
nothing. 8. He was so poor that he had to ……………. his studies. 9. Although
John loved Fleur deeply, he decided to …..…… her …..…. after talk with his mother.