Words of the Day (Mar 2019) - quiz A

Crush only one or two black ________. If you add more, the dressing won't be good.

1. pepper
2. pepper balls
3. peppercorns
4. peppers

Do you really want to leave the company because of your boss? Have you talked to someone from the ________ department? I think you should.

1. people's
2. person
3. personal
4. personnel

We loved the ________ at the botanical garden, but it wasn't easy to get out of.

1. gaze
2. lab
3. maize
4. maze

When we reached another dead ________, Jason said he didn't want to go to the party anymore and wanted to go home.

1. corner
2. end
3. street
4. way

I followed the recipe to ________, but the cake came out really bland.

1. a letter
2. a T
3. the letter
4. the T

Look, here's a ________. And here's another one, and here. I didn't know your assistant was such a careless writer.

1. condo
2. mono
3. spello
4. typo

I've asked our neighbour to stop feeding ________ in his garden a million times, but he just won't listen.

1. antlers
2. claws
3. pigeons
4. talons

Leave the boiled carrots in the pot, use a hand-held ________ and liquidize them. Then add salt and pepper and you're done.

1. blender
2. cutter
3. chopper
4. mower

Frank, would you please ________ these apples for me? Here's a knife. – Mum, not now.

1. knead
2. peel
3. pour
4. spill

Oh my god, Steve. You've brought so much food. Thank you. You're a ________.

1. doll
2. poll
3. toll
4. troll