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English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 81
Charlie's Knees
Q1 Charlie always thought he was the ....... knees because he had a very good opinion of himself.
(a) cat's (b) dog's (c) bee's (d) mouse's
Q2 Even when he won the ....... knees competition at a holiday camp he wasn't ashamed — he just loved it.
(a) knobbly (b) wobbly (c) cobbled (d) wobbled
Q3 He'd learnt to think he was important from an early age ....... his mother's knee.
(a) from (b) to (c) over (d) at
Q4 His father told him he was special as he dandled him ....... his knee.
(a) by (b) on (c) up (d) through
Q5 Then he met Maria as a grown up and fell in love as a sort of knee ....... reaction almost without thinking.
(a) leap (b) jump (c) jerk (d) trip
Q6 You see he'd known her once as a small child when he was knee ....... to a grasshopper and now they met as
adults.
(a) high (b) tall (c) long (d) broad
Q7 They met at a mutual friend's party where everyone was having a great time in a kind of knees ........
(a) under (b) on (c) in (d) up
Q8 Shortly after that he ....... down on one knee and proposed marriage to her and she accepted him.
(a) threw (b) went (c) walked (d) leant
Q9 After they were married, Charlie had to work very hard and he was always knee ....... in decorating and
painting the house.
(a) deep (b) level (c) steep (d) long
Q10 What poor Charlie didn't know before was that Maria loved telling others what to do and so he had to do as he
was told and ....... the knee.
(a) stretch (b) pull (c) lower (d) bend