THIS week is a little bit of everything. The march of the words starts.

I Complete the following sentences by using the correct form of the words given within brackets.

1 (separate) They are very close friends; in fact they are ____________.

2 (compel) Education is ________ in most countries.

3 (repel) I dislike him intensely. His manners are _________.

4 (fortune) __________, he came last and missed the train.

5. (occasion) We hear from him ____________.

6. (conscience) He is a very _________ worker.

7 (qualify) As a result of the accident, he was __________ from driving for two years.

8 (humble) __________ is a quality possessed by very few people.

9 (digest) He suffers from _________.

10 (company) He _______ me to the station.

II Complete the following similes with words from the given list.

Ice, honey, gold, peacock, lord, fox, bee, dust, judge, Solomon, mule, church mouse

1 as proud as a __________

2 as cunning as a __________

3 as drunk as a __________

4 as stubborn as a _________

5 as busy as a ____________

6 as poor as a ____________

7 as dry as ____________

8 as sweet as ___________

9 as good as ____________

10 as cold as ____________

11 as sober as a ___________

12 as wise as _____________

III Complete the following passage with words from the given list.

Purposes, vast, deliberately, fuel, considerable, over , timber, demand, resources, pulp, fraction, pasture

— much of the world today only a small — of the original forest remains. A great deal has been — removed to provide land for cultivation or —, while much has been cut down for —, for building, and for many other —. In the modern world, the large — for softwood for constructional work, pit-props, and — and paper, and the small yet — demand for — for furniture and other purposes has led to — inroads being made into the world’s timber —.

IV Complete the following idioms using a word related to a part of the body

1 Put one’s ________ down.

2 Have one’s ________ full.

3. Fall on one’s _______.

4 Turn a blind _______.

5 To be ________tied.

6 Keep a straight ________.

7 To be thin- __________.

8 Lose ___________

9. See ______ to _______with someone.

10 Lend someone a _________.

V Put in the missing prepositions.

1 He was operated _____ yesterday.

2 The workers have struck _____ higher wages.

3 They married _______ their daughter last year.

4 I’m going out — a walk. I’ll be back ________ 5 O’clock ______ the latest.

5 Leela’s ______ and won’t be _____ before 11 O’clock.

6 Luckily the bomb didn’t go _______.

7 Please don’t give ______ his secret.

8 What time does the train get _______?

I. 1 inseparable 2 compulsory 3 repulsive 4 unfortunately 5 occasionally 6 conscientious 7 disqualified 8 humilit 9 indigestion 10 accompanied

II 1 peacock 2 fox 3 lord 4 mule 5 bee 6 church mouse 7 dust 8 honey 9 gold 10 ice 11 judge 12 Solomon

III 1 over 2 fraction 3 deliberately 4 pasture 5 pulp 6 purposes 7 demand 8 fuel 9 considerable 10 timber 11 vast 12 resources

IV 1 foot 2 hands 3 feet 4 eye 5 tongue 6 face 7 skinned 8 heart 9 eye...eye 10 hand

V 1 upon 2 for 3 off 4 for... by... at 5 out .... back 6 off 7 out 8 in