Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises

CAE Gapped Sentences: Cancelled Festival

For questions 1-5, think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. Here is an example (0).

Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet below.

When three days of rain left most of the site under water, they decided to off the festival.
Hi, Tony. This is Gordon returning your at seven fifty on Saturday evening. Give me a ring if you fancy a pint.
At quarter to midnight, I was having trouble keeping my eyes open so I decided to it a day and get some sleep.

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