Norway sends Islamist preacher to remote village after prison release

CAE Use of English part 1 exercise on unusual treatment of Ansar al-Islam priest by Norwegian government.

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Use of English part 4 #15

                                                                        Part 4                                                       #15For questions 1-5 think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. 
1 Suárez was ………………… off in the second half for biting an opponent

.After having dinner with good wine, the piano concert ………………… Simon to sleep.

Margaret ………………… word to say that she wouldn’t be able to make it to the presentation after all.

 

2 It ………………… ages for Brian to realise he was using the wrong tool.

It only ………………… a couple of careless comments to make Sandy furious.

Paul arrived late and quietly ………………… a seat at the back of the theatre.

 

3 The ………………… I had to fill in on the plane asked some truly ridiculous questions.

As a team we were on great ………………… on Saturday and won early.

In the garden, under the moonlight, a dark ………………… moved slowly towards the window.

 

4 Don didn’t want to talk about his children any more so we ………………… the subject.

Sandra ………………… the children off at the library and went to the supermarket.

After the forest, the land ………………… away sharply towards the river.

 

5 It’s not Shirley’s fault she is so strange – she was brought up that ………………….

My grandfather would always go out of his ………………… to explain why a particular horse had won a race.

Justine and May arrived late for the concert because they ran into a demonstration on the ………………….

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Mexico: parents in Sonora prevented from giving children odd names

CAE Use of English part 2 exercise about new law that stops Mexican parents from giving their children names that might later embarass them or cause them to be bullied at school.

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