Theatre and musicals - U 7.1 - Focus 5

Choose the best option.

1. There’s tons of gossip             [moving, surrounding, swirling] around the new TV show and its hosts.

2. The audience were             [holding, keeping, restraining] their breath, waiting for the great actor to come on stage.

3. On the opening night the theatre was totally packed     [up, out, off] there wasn’t a vacant seat to be seen.

Choose the best option.

1. The show was       [brain, mind, sense]-blowing. I’d never seen anything like it.

2. Titanic and Avatar are often named as the most commercially successful movies, but if you adjust for inflation, Gone with the Wind (1939) remains the highest-           [highest, grossing, profiting] film of all time.

3. It was an ill-        [made, done, judged] decision and we’re going to feel the negative consequences for a long time.

4. She’s very       [quick, fast, rapid]-witted and fun to talk to; her comments are both insightful and amusing.

Match the sentences with the missing words.