1) I paid a fortune for this painting, believing it to be a Picasso original and therefore _____________, but it turned out to be a fake, and completely _____________. a) priceless / worthless b) worthless / priceless 2) There has been _______________ press coverage over the past year of my _______________ attitude to my staff. I think if you talk to them, they will say that these rumours are false. a) considerate / inconsiderable b) considerable / inconsiderate 3) James was always _______________ towards his employees, and consequently was regarded as one of the few _______________ bosses in the area. a) respectable / respectful b) respectful / respectable 4) I'm not an ______________ person, but the way you behave in this house, not lifting a finger to help, is simply _______________. a) intolerant / intolerable b) intolerable / intolerant 5) I have very strong _______________. As ______________, I will not allow illegal drug use in my school. a) principals / principle b) principles / principal 6) There has been an _________________ rise in the level of government funding for this project. We are obviously very _________________ of the help we have been offered. a) appreciative / appreciable b) appreciable / appreciative 7) I ________________ for five years to reach the Olympic Games, but now I know all that _______________ has been worth it. a) practiced / practise b) practised / practice 8) didn't ________________ with the way the company was moving, but what could I do? I just had to keep my mouth shut and ________________ it. a) agree / accept b) accept / agree 9) When I was a ________________ in our local elementary school, I was good friends with a __________________ from the university. a) teacher / professor b) professor / teacher 10) We came by yacht across the English ________________ to France and then travelled through the French ________________ system, built in the last two centuries. a) Canal / channel b) Channel / canal

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