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Free Exercises: Grammar, Vocabulary & Phrases

Level: Elementary Intermediate Advanced

Exercise: Grammar Vocabulary Phrases

Advanced Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs - Science

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

  1. Recently, scientists have   that the meteorite which wiped out the dinosaurs might have also resulted in an ice age.
  2. This morning, Space Shuttle Discovery   from the Kennedy Centre launch pad exactly on schedule with a payload of military and civilian satellites.
  3. A cloned egg will eventually   a creature which is identical to the organism which provided the original genetic material.
  4. By a process of elmination, the computer technician was able to   the faulty component in my home PC and soon it wasworking again.
  5. If we continue to burn fossil fuels at our current rate we will eventually   the Earth's atmosphere to a point where it can no longer support life.
  6. Researchers at the University of Bedminster have been   a study to determine the most efficient way to peel a banana.
  7. Sacks of rubbish illegally dumped at the site have been   strong smelling vapours and were eventually found to contain highly toxic chemicals.
  8. For decades, great minds have tried to   what shape the universe is and finally, it seems, someone has come up with an answer.
  9. Today a network of virus-infected computers which for months has been   billions of Spam e-mails has finally been shut down.
  10. After this the untreated sewage is placed in fermenting tanks where special bacteria are used to   any organic matter and solid material.
  11. After decades of unchecked increases in greenhouse gas emissions, the rate of growth finally began to   around the year 2030.
  12. With the recent introduction of electric cars, it is hoped that petrol-driven vehicles can be   by the end of the next decade.

Your answers

 

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