ACTIVITY 9a: For sentences below choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Then check the correct answers.

1. The accident — RETAINED SENT BACK DELAYED CALLED OFF the train's departure by a few hours.
2. The sound of a tap — SQUIRTING DRIPPING SPLASHING SLOPPING stopped him going to sleep.
3. Before the firm closed down, it made 200 workers — OBSOLETE UNEMPLOYED REDUNDANT EXTRA .
4. The manager asked his secretary to take — RECORDS NOTE REPORTS MINUTES of the meeting as it progressed.
5. Hardly a single old building — REMAINED STAYED KEPT CONTINUED standing after the council remodelled the town.
6. The precious crystal vase — CRUMPLED DASHED SPLINTERED CRUSHED into a thousand pieces when it hit the floor.
7. They couldn't decide what to do so they — FLUNG THREW SPUN TOSSED a coin.
8. After much fruitless discussion the meeting was — ADJOURNED DEFERRED HELD UP WITHHELD to the following day.
9. The old man sat in a corner quietly — COOING GURGLING CROAKING HUMMING a song to himself as he waited.
10. The food being cooked in the kitchen was giving — UP OFF ROUND OVER a wonderful smell.
11. The journalist was in a — QUANDARY PUZZLE PREDICAMENT CONTRADICTION as to what to do for the best.
12. She spends a — LARGE HIGH GREAT BIG deal of her time at work.
13. At first he was somewhat — DAUNTED ABASHED AGOG SURPASSED by the amount of responsibility the new job involved.
14. The light was so — DAZZLING GLINTING GLIMMERING SPARKLING that for a few minutes they couldn't see anything.
15. The doctor told him that the — PROFITS BENEFITS ADVANTAGES WELFARE he would gain from a healthy diet would be well worth the sacrifice.
16. The judge — PROSECUTED SENTENCED CONVICTED ACCUSED them to two years in prison.
17. At the supermarket he was handed a — BOOKLET LEAFLET SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS with all the week's bargains and prices.
18. They were — UTTERLY STRONGLY EXTREMELY ABSOLUTELY upset by the news.
19. The manager said there was a slim — LIKELIHOOD PROSPECT HORIZON PERSPECTIVE of business improving within the next
20. The party was suddenly interrupted by a — STABBING STRIDENT SHRIEKING PIERCING scream.