Barbara’s no/not coming to the party because she's busy.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

She began sobbing/whimpering into her pillow.

People in the street wailed/wept with joy when peace was announced.

When we gave her the bad news, she broke down and cried/whimpered.

A crowd of women followed the coffin, weeping and sobbing/wailing.

Every time the puppy sobs/whimpers, the owner picks it up.

He wailed/cried for joy when he heard that his son had been found alive and well.

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What we really need is more green spaces/rooms in cities.

Can everyone move up a bit to make room/space for these people?

Take a space/seat, I'll be with you in an instant.

We need more open spaces/seats for children to play in.

Come and sit here - I've saved you a space/place.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

The tasks were not academically ______ enough for me, so I got bored.

Rules of grammar can be more problematic/demanding for non-native speakers [than for native ones].

He found the course academically troublesome/challenging and he learnt a lot from it.

His disability made taking care of the home and raising a family doubly difficult/easy.

Living conditions were extremely hard/demanding in the refugee camps.

Parents may find that a hard/troublesome teenager becomes unmanageable.

The lack of childcare provisions made it challenging/difficult for single mothers to get jobs.

It must be hard/challenging for her, bringing up four children on her own.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

We watched in horror/apprehension as they pulled the bodies from the wreckage.

I remember the sheer dread/terror of those bombing raids.

There is apprehension/terror that there may be an adverse effect on the number of patients treated.

I was engulfed by a horror/dread of what might happen.

She was screaming in dread/terror as the flames got closer.

What the book does convey very successfully is the horror/terror of war.