1. Welcome to Radio News and now over to our ......... who's covering the procession this morning.

reviewer

reporter

announcer

introducer

2. Hi listeners, I should explain that I have a ......... eye view of this magnificent sight as the parade passes underneath me.

cat's

dog's

bird's

rat's

3. To tell you the truth I shouldn't be ......... up here on top of this large statue of Field Marshal Smith.

caught

catching

cornered

perched

4. There is a long line of soldiers on horseback marching to the sound of a ......... band.

copper

brass

zinc

aluminium

5. It really is quite uncomfortable up here and there's a policeman ......... at me, which I don't like.

spying

guiding

staring

starring

6. After the soldiers I can see a group of circus ......... who are jumping and dancing as they go.

members

doers

actors

performers

7. Next I can see some pensioners slowly moving along the road and some can't walk and are in ..........

highchairs

low chairs

wheelchairs

pushchairs

8. That policeman is getting out his ......... and walking near the statue I'm sitting on.

notebook

exercise book

storybook

copybook

9. It has started to rain and I shall get ......... to the skin if I stay much longer up here.

sunk

suited

stuck

soaked

10. Oh dear, listeners, I shall have to return you to the studio because the policeman says he is going to ......... me.

seize

arrest

grasp

hold

11. Ladies and gentlemen it is a very great privilege for me to be asked to make a speech about the bride and her ..........

grant

grade

groan

groom

12. I have known Sally and Paul since we were at school ..........

towards

together

to us

to them

13. Most people considered that they were ......... for each other even in those days.

done

making

made

makes

14. The other students described them as Romeo and Juliet and used to make fun of them behind their ..........

heads

eyes

ears

backs

15. Neither of them was at all ......... by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.

deterred

defeated

disturbed

denied

16. The teachers had a ......... spot for them too and were sympathetic if there was any trouble between them.

gentle

simple

soft

quiet

17. Then they both left school and both started working, as you can ........., for the same company.

vision

imagine

credit

visualize

18. When the announcement was made about their ........., there was a big celebration.

engage

engages

engagement

engaged

19. No one was surprised because everyone took it for ......... that one day they would marry.

grasped

understood

granting

granted

20. Mind you I was surprised because you see I find it quite ......... why on earth she didn't marry me.

unbelievable

unbelieving

disbelief

disbelieving