1. When you hear the word "bank", what do you think of ? A .........(1) to put money? The land on the edge of a river? To depend on something or someone ? If you choose any of .................(2) things, you're right. Why ? because words often have .............(3) than one meaning. The tricky part is figuring out ...........(4) meaning is appropriate.
Choosing the correct meaning of a word depends on .............(5) things. First, it depends on the words and ............(6) surrounding your particular word. The other words and sentences give you context clues. .................(7), the meaning depends on how the word is ............(8) in the sentence. Is it a noun, a verb, ................(9) adjective or part of a phrase? Knowing the word's part of speech will ..............(10) you discover the word's precise meaning.
2. Public transport in London is expensive. The fare (1). depends..........on the length of the journey; you can not buy books of tickets in advance. Children (2)..........sixteen pay half and those under five travel free, you usually(3).............bus tickets from a conductor. But on some buses you pay the driver. Most London(4) ...........are doubledeckers.
On the (5).........railway (or tube) you buy your ticket from a (6)...........or ticket office, and give it up at the (7).. end ........of the journey. Not all trains from one (8).. flatform..........go to the same place, so watch the signs. The last train leaves at about 00.15.
3. I'm a writer, and I work ......1....... home. It doesn't particulaly matter where my house is, as long as it is ......3....... nice house. But last year my wife ........4..... a job in a different part of the country. So, we had to move. This was our first ..........5........ of ......6....... one house and selling another at the same time. I wouldn't like to do it again. We quickly saw the house .........7........ we wanted. It was then that our problems began: The people who wanted to buy our house couldn't sell ........8......... and the man whose house we wanted couldn't find a ……. he liked. It ........10......... us nine months to buy the house. Now, I'm not sure if I like it.