Words of the Day (Jul 2020) - quiz A

As the ________ flies, the beach was only fifty metres from our place, but it took twenty minutes to walk there.

1. blow
2. crow
3. eagle
4. swallow

My driving test is tomorrow morning. Please keep your ________ crossed for me.

1. fingers
2. legs
3. thumbs
4. toes

You can't park your car in the middle of the street and start ________ it down!

1. hosing
2. piping
3. plumbing
4. tubing

She was sporting a fantastic coat made of ________ fur.

1. faulty
2. faux
3. foe
4. foul

When my mum comes to visit, I always have to put on display all the ________ souvenirs she keeps buying for me on her holidays.

1. jiffy
2. kitsch
3. lurk
4. whim

When I opened the drawer, I saw a big fat ________.

1. aphid
2. pest
3. roach
4. weevil

When a dolphin ________ next to our boat, she screamed with joy.

1. evened
2. levelled
3. surfaced
4. watered

I have bruised my elbow. I need to buy some ________. I'll be right back.

1. plaster
2. plaster casts
3. plaster of Paris
4. plasters

I washed the trousers in the washing machine and ruined them. I should've had them ________.

1. cleaned chemically
2. cleansed
3. dry-cleaned
4. purified

Another perk of my job is that ________.

1. I finish work after 9pm
2. I often get my hands on interesting new hardware
3. I sometimes have to go to work on Saturdays
4. my colleagues call me names