For each question, fill the space or spaces in the sentence using the base word given in bold

at the end. The required word may be a noun, adverb, adjective or verb and it may be either
positive (e.g. helpful) or negative (e.g. unhelpful).

1. Many people often make a ________ between London and New York
compare

2. This book ________ as a series of lectures about shipwrecks, which were given two
decades ago.
origin

3. There are power stations across Europe that use the ________ rise and fall of the ocean
tides.
day

4. If you weren't so ________ of Ben, he'd be happier to spend time with you.
critic

5. Don't you find it ________ how Jeremy always comes to work looking so untidy?
intrigue

6. Doctors say a glass of warm milk before bedtime can result in a more ________ night's
sleep.
rest

7. Tim-Berners Lee has received many awards as the ________ of the world wide web.
invent

8. On the final day, we visited the ________ Victoria Falls and then flew home.
majesty
1. The ________ recommended intake of Vitamin C varies from country to country.
day

2. When shopping online, many people make use of price ________ websites.
compare

3. The book, like the movie, tracks the anxiety and ________ pains of a teenager in 1970s
Germany.
grow

4. This wine has a very fruity flavour to it and a ________ after-taste. I really like it.
please

5. I've lost all ________ for this concert, I'm finding it boring. Can we go?
enthuse

6. The opening of this new restaurant should satisfy the ________ of local Indonesian food
fans.
sophisticated

7. You don't respond well to positive ________, which is only made to help you.
critic

8. ________ as it may seem, mammoths were alive only five thousand years ago.
credible

1. Large spiders, ________ from South East Asia, are now being seen in the local
countryside.
origin

2. Collecting garden gnomes might seem an unusual ________, but many people do it.
active
3. Professor Watkins wasn't only an ________ to me, but to thousands of others lucky
enough to have met him.
inspire

4. For someone so young, Carl is a very literate and ________ young man.
eloquence

5. The new year ________ in this area of the country involve dancing and a drink made
from melons.
celebrate

6. The ________ of the Rubik's Cube peaked in the early 1980s.

popular

7. This musician's work is very ________ and difficult to understand. Many people say it's
just noise.
concept

8. Tom ________ told us he wasn't coming, then he turns up with two guests! I'm furious
with him.
initial