Practice 3

Replace the underlined part in each of the following sentences with a word or phrase from the box below. Write your answers in the brackets. Make changes or additions where necessary.

reliable　　　　　　　shiny　　　　　　　vie for　　　　　generate　　　　　consistently

extravagant　　　　　incredible　　　　　turn out　　　　subsequent　　　　　commodify

1. That’s how the most unbelievable friendship between my grandfather and me started. ( )

2. We have been accused of exaggerating before, but unfortunately all our reports proved to be true. ( )

3. The minister said the reforms have produced many new jobs. ( )

4. Avoid pans with a bright, reflective base as the heat will be reflected back. ( )

5. The interests of landowners were by no means identical with those of industrial capitalists. ( )

6. These scientists now have to be competing for funding, rather than sharing information among themselves. ( )

7. He made numerous errors of fact and was torn to pieces during the following question time. ( )