Exercise 4. Complete each sentence with a suitable word from the list. Use each word once only.

average          force         particular          profit          sight

detail          himself         practice               public         whole

1. Harry managed to sell his house at a ____________.

2. What was he doing here all by ____________?

3. Larry is so famous that he doesn't appear in ____________ very often.

4. That was a terrible shot! I'm rather out of ____________.

5. How many cars do you sell, on ____________ every week?

6. The police are coming! Stay out of ____________ until they leave.

7. I might be able to help you. What do you want to know in ____________

8. I suppose I enjoyed my holiday on the ____________.

9. Can you tell me about the plans in ____________?

10. The gun had to be taken away from David by ____________.

Exercise 5. Complete each sentence with one of the phrases from the list. Use each phrase once only.

by heart in difficulties in turn on holiday out of work

by sightin pain in two on sale without a doubt

1. When I sat on the pencil, it broke ____________

2. Most of the people in the office are ____________ at the moment

3. This is ____________ the best washing machine on the market.

4. Graham has been ____________ ever since he came to London.

5. I know her ____________, but I don't know her name.

6. The lifeguard dived in to save a swimmer ____________.

7. John learned his first speech ____________.

8. Why don't you share the bike? You can ride it ____________.

9. You could tell he was ____________ by the way he kept groaning.

10. Cigarettes and ice-cream are ____________ in the foyer.

Exercise 8: Put in the correct prepositions (Eg: on, in, by). You may also need to use ‘the' or 'my’.

1. Do you think'we ought to book seats __________ advance? - No, I don't think so. __________ the whole it's better to buy a ticket on the day.

2. Is it all right if I pay __________ credit card? - Well, if you don't mind, I'd prefer it __________ cash.

3. A lot of this information is __________ date. - I know. We do our best to keep __________ date, but it's difficult.

4. Did the others lock you out of the house __________ purpose? - No, it happened quite __________ chance.

5. Is there anything __________ television tonight? - No, but there's something __________ radio I want to listen to.

6. These flats are still sale. - Yes, they've been __________ market for over a year now.

7. Was it an interesting talk? - __________ opinion, it was boring, but everyone clapped.