Flying the Nest grammar - Unit 9

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Close-up C2 Workbook, National Geographic Learning

Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

who

whose

which

whom

what

what with

so as not to

in view of

establishing

established

establish

in establishing

in order to

because of

Having applied

Applying

Having

Having been applied

Having applied

Applying

Much as

So as to

Because

However

Natalie, (1) ___ last year of university was fast approaching, had some difficult choices to make. She wished to stay in her university town, with friends nearby. But (2) ___ few work prospects there, she would in effect be sacrificing her career. The high-tech firms (3) ___ in the area were small and had little to offer her, not that she would have passed up a less ambitious post (4) ___ hold onto her comfortable life. (5) ___ at every one and received no response, Natalie's sinking feeling grew as each day passed. (6) ___ she hated the idea of relocating, she knew it was inevitable. Then she saw a job advert that turned her frown upside down...

Flying the Nest

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