- intermediate-15
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 15 (Answer Keys)
Hot and Cold
A1 I've just received his latest detective novel from the publisher so it's what you might call hot off the press.
answer: (d) off
A2 You can never tell exactly what she is thinking because she very often blows hot and cold over some topics.
answer: (a) blows
A3 Although I'd made up my mind to do it last night now I'm not sure and am getting cold feet about it.
answer: (b) feet
A4 They like to think they're very important people but politicians just talk a lot of hot air most of the time.
answer: (c) air
A5 Since the argument we've had about the garden hedge, our neighbours take no notice of us and give us the
cold shoulder when they see us.
answer: (b) shoulder
A6 As soon as the president was taken ill, the deputy had to take charge and is currently in the hot seat now.
answer: (a) seat
A7 The accused was sentenced to life imprisonment after it had been established that he had committed the
murder in cold blood.
answer: (c) blood
A8 I ordered a coffee from the waiter but by the time it had reached me it was stone cold.
answer: (a) stone
A9 The police have set up a special hot line so that people can get in touch to find out about the accident.
answer: (b) line
A10 He's always very uneasy like a cat on hot bricks whenever he is waiting to hear the results of the
examinations.
answer: (a) bricks
