Verb After Verb Test 10

1) We had arranged ______________ after work on Friday ______________ our holiday plans.

2) If you insist ______________ having all this paperwork completed, how do you expect your staff ______________ any time with customers?

3) We’ve urged him __________ for the promotion, but he won’t as he is afraid of _____________.

4) My mother won’t allow anyone ____________ the living room until she finishes ____________.

5) Tobacco, which we now know _____________ so harmful, was once thought ______________ medicinal value.

6) Shopping for fruit and vegetables makes me ______________ hungry.

7) Sheep have been so changed by breeding that their wild ancestors are hard ______________.

8) ______________ a doorman at a hotel consists ______________ greeting guests and taking them to their rooms.

9) The children were _______________ giving up hope when someone phoned to say their dog had been found.

10) In the Middle Ages, surrounding a castle with a ditch filled with water proved ___________ a successful technique ____________ its security.

11) He’s not in the habit ____________ lies, but he had to make up an excuse ____________ the afternoon off for his job interview.

12) The social worker gave the students a talk ___________ them against __________ drugs.

13) Your hair needs ______________ before you go back to school.

14) I am hoping ______________ for the school basketball team next week.

15) The manager likes ______________on all pricing decisions.

16) The receptionist never minds ____________ with sending out the new catalogues.

17) I’d love ______________ on my own, but I simply can’t afford ______________ my own flat.

18) Robert didn’t work as carefully last year as he does this year, and the boss had even threatened ________________ him if he didn’t improve his work.

19) I knew the answer, but I didn’t press the buzzer quickly enough ____________ the prize.

20) The problem with Simon is that he thinks he can succeed ______________ a degree without ______________ any lectures.