- advanced-39
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 39
Two For You
Q1 A bird in the hand is worth two in the ....... as they say when you have at least one definite thing in contrast to
two uncertain things.
(a) hedge (b) tree (c) bush (d) plant
Q2 It wouldn't take much for me to cancel that trip in fact for two ....... I think I will.
(a) needles (b) nails (c) points (d) pins
Q3 Quite honestly I really can't decide which one to choose — I'm what you might say in two ........
(a) minds (b) thoughts (c) ideas (d) views
Q4 I promise I'll be very quick indeed and I'll be back in two ....... of a lamb's tail.
(a) moves (b) shakes (c) twitches (d) wags
Q5 I'll see to that in two ....... and it'll be all over in a minute.
(a) times (b) crosses (c) ticks (d) strikes
Q6 You honestly can't tell one twin from another as they are like as two ....... in a pod.
(a) potatoes (b) tomatoes (c) bananas (d) peas
Q7 I worked out the answer in the end by putting two and two ........
(a) aside (b) apart (c) together (d) through
Q8 I'm sorry I can't accept any other explanation. My mind is made up and there are no two ....... about it.
(a) roads (b) paths (c) routes (d) ways
Q9 I honestly wouldn't trust either of them. They both think the same way and they're two of a ........
(a) type (b) kind (c) genre (d) sort
Q10 I can see you're angry and want to do the same to them but remember that two wrongs don't make a ........
(a) right (b) rite (c) correction (d) point
