1. I can't ......... those silly people who always go around with their mobile phones glued to their ears.

head

hand

stomach

finger

2. If you think I didn't catch you ......... that young waitress, you're quite mistaken.

fingering

heading

handing

eying

3. He is such a coward because whenever it comes to speaking his mind he always ......... down instead.

backs

heads

hands

noses

4. Come on, shake a ......... we're running late.

nose

hand

leg

foot

5. Don't you think it's about time you put your ......... down and told them what you really think?

finger

hand

head

foot

6. Well, unfortunately as I had one glass too many last night, I guess I should go for ......... of the dog.

a foot

a hair

a nose

an ear

7. As she's such a nasty little thing, I can see it won't take her long to wrap you round her little ..........

shoulder

body

finger

tongue

8. Could you please give me a ......... I'm afraid I can't handle it by myself.

tooth

foot

hand

finger

9. Are you sure your new boss isn't married? — Yes, honestly, I have it straight from the horse's ..........

back

mouth

foot

nose

10. Hey, get up and do your homework you lazy ..........

bones

bottoms

hips

back

11. All the ants laughed and said in that case he would have to dance ......... to bed in the winter.

famous

familiar

faded

famished

12. What you could hear was the ants who were ......... drying grain.

active

doing

busy

business

13. One winter's day when the sun was shining you could hear the ......... of great activity.

move

sound

moving

sounding

14. Sensibly as all ants do, they had ......... the grain during the summer.

assembled

assumed

brought

collected

15. Their plan was to eat this ......... during the winter.

provision

providing

provider

provided

16. They were so ......... in their work that they didn't notice a grasshopper.

enveloped

engrossed

encompassed

enlarged

17. The grasshopper was so weak he was practically ......... because he hadn't eaten for ages.

straining

stalking

starving

streaming

18. He saw the ants and ......... them with all the strength he could find to let him have a little food.

begged

bade

bid

bartered

19. The ants shook their heads at him and asked him why he hadn't ......... up food in the summer.

stood

stored

stoked

stopped

20. The poor grasshopper ......... he had spent the whole summer enjoying himself singing and dancing.

confused

confessed

continued

contented