Scrapped French holiday causes chaos

Scrapped French holiday causes chaos

Try out the grammar quiz for the reading

 

Scrapped French holiday causes chaos

Can you match the two halves of the sentence together by using the best linking word?

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1. [Multiple choice]

The French have more holiday time ………. people in most other countries.

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. with
  • 2. than (correct)
  • 3. on

2. [Multiple choice]

French workers are furious ……. the disorganised scrapping of a public holiday.

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. about (correct)
  • 2. in
  • 3. on

3. [Multiple choice]

The French government decided to capitalise …… the public’s reaction to a series of deaths.

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. in
  • 2. over
  • 3. on (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

In 2003 the Pentecost bank holiday was abolished ……. just four years.

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. for (correct)
  • 2. on
  • 3. into

5. [Multiple choice]

Some public services were shut as usual ……. other workers were forced to go to work.

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. on
  • 2. which
  • 3. while (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

Railway workers kept their day off in return……. working an extra 112 seconds per day.

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. over
  • 2. for (correct)
  • 3. to

7. [Multiple choice]

Parents who worked on the Monday faced problems …. many nurseries and schools were shut.

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. as (correct)
  • 2. how
  • 3. in

8. [Multiple choice]

In France lorries are banned from roads on public holidays ……. goods could not be delivered.

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. then
  • 2. if
  • 3. so (correct)

9. [Multiple choice]

The money has been set aside for the funding……. more paid carers for vulnerable people.

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. for (correct)
  • 2. in
  • 3. with

10. [Multiple choice]

People do not seem so much angry about losing a day’s public holiday…… at the chaotic way the government behaved.

Answers for Quiz [10].

  • 1. or
  • 2. with
  • 3. as (correct)