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Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line Help at Home The Halport Home Helpline has been providing the 1.______ , ELDER  and others with permanent or temporary health problems with support and 2.____ since 1999. ASSIST We are a charitable 3._____ that depends on the many ORGANISE  voluntary workers from Halport who willingly set aside some of their free time to help people who are less 4.____ than themselves. For people FORTUNE  who, because of ill health or 5.____ , require help with ABILITY  housework, 6.___ , or trips to the hospital or health centre, SHOP we are only a phone call away, any time of the night or day. All of our volunteers, aged from 18 to 80, have a 7.____ in QUALIFY  first aid and have undergone rigorous tests before being awarded a 8.____ with which Halport Home Helpline guarantees CERTIFY  their reliability and 9.____for the job. SUITABLE 

Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.  The Brothers Churchill Winston Churchill, 1.____ was prime minister of the UK from May 1940 to July 1945, famously led Britain to victory in the Second World War (WWII), and has 2.___ called the greatest Briton ever. 3.___ is not so well known, however, is the quiet, yet important role played 4.___ his younger brother, Jack. Indeed, one author even wrote 5.___ Winston was an only child! Although Winston, following 6.____ his father's footsteps, was involved in politics for most of his life, Jack was not. Nevertheless, in other respects, 7.___ lives were very similar. They both fought in South Africa during the Boer War in 1900, where they showed extreme bravery. They both also fought 8.___ their country during the First World War (WWI). Noted for his great organisational skills, Winston was in charge 9.____ the Royal Navy at the start of both world wars. Jack, on the other hand,

Complete the second sentence using the word given in Capital Letters making that it has the same meaning as the first one. 1. If you want to pass the exam, you need to make an extra big effort. PUT You need _________________________ big effort unless you want to fail the exam. 2. As for me, you had better lower the price of your course. CONCERNED As _________________________, you should lower the price of your course. 3. Our siblings are eager to arrange a romantic get-away for our parents. LIKE Our siblings really __________________ a romantic trip for our parents. 4. I have to admit that football has never really interested me. GRAB I must say that football ________________________ attention. 5. What is the thing that you are most afraid of doing? FEAR What do ______________________ most? 6. I am learning English so that I can finish my degree by May of this year. ORDER I am learning English ____________________ my degree by May this year. 7. We are not allowed t

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. Mount Everest Asa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest more times than  Select everyone anyone someone another  else in the world.  Last year, he  Select hit made broke caught  the world record by climbing the world’s highest mountain for the twenty-first time.  Select Also Because Afterwards However , he says he won’t be able to do it again, because the mountain is becoming  Select much too such even  dangerous to climb.  Asa first climbed the mountain  Select in on at from  1989 at the age of 12. He worked as a porter, carrying supplies for trekkers. When he first climbed the mountain, there was  Select lot several plenty much  of snow and ice up there. Now there is much  Select less little fewer more  snow, and more bare rock. Asa is  Select angry disappointed worried afraid  about the lack of snow.  Select Because Without Unless Since  snow to hold the rocks in place, there are more rockfalls. Melting ice m