Story (1)
Question. Most students have to try and earn extra money by taking a holiday job. They turn ....... their studies and experience the real world for a while.
(a) into
(b) down
(c) aside from
(d) to
Answer. C
Question. One long hot summer I turned ....... waiting as my method of getting cash.
(a) into
(b) to
(c) down
(d) aside from
Answer. B
Question. Perhaps I should turn that word 'waiting' ....... a more specific explanation: I mean being a waiter in a hotel.
(a) down
(b) to
(c) into
(d) aside from
Answer. C
Question. I had of course turned my hand ....... many jobs during the vacation periods but waiting was certainly the most difficult.
(a) to
(b) into
(c) down
(d) out
Answer. A
Question.The one hotel that hadn't turned ....... my application was situated right in the middle of a forest.
(a) out
(b) down
(c) into
(d) aside from
Answer. B
Question. You turned ....... the drive and saw only hills all around you so it felt like the middle of nowhere.
(a) out
(b) aside from
(c) down
(d) into
Answer. D
Question. It had been a very large private house that had been turned ....... a small hotel for twenty-five guests.
(a) out
(b) down
(c) into
(d) to
Answer. C
Question. The new owners had had to turn ....... all the rooms which were full of rubbish.
(a) to
(b) down
(c) into
(d) out
Answer. D
Question. The other problem had been to turn ....... an old tramp who had lived in a room upstairs for two years without the knowledge of the old lady who was the original owner.
(a) out
(b) aside from
(c) to
(d) into
Answer. A
Question. The tramp turned ....... to be a distant relative but hadn't said anything to the old lady because he knew she was completely deaf.
(a) into
(b) out
(c) down
(d) to
Answer. B
Story (2)
Question. When I turned ....... for work on my first day, the hotel had already been flourishing for 5 years.
(a) to
(b) up
(c) down
(d) over
Answer. B
Question. They were so successful that they were even turning ....... bookings.
(a) away
(b) into
(c) in
(d) down
Answer. D
Question. In fact they were actually turning ....... people.
(a) away
(b) into
(c) down
(d) up
Answer. A
Question. Some people had turned ....... on the off chance.
(a) away
(b) up
(c) into
(d) to
Answer. B
Question. Most of the residents were elderly and so they all invariably turned ....... early most evenings.
(a) down
(b) over
(c) in
(d) into
Answer. C
Question. The waiting was done by me and Doris, who should have turned it ....... years ago and by rights have been a guest herself because of the great age.
(a) to
(b) away
(c) into
(d) in
Answer. D
Question. However, as she told me frequently, she had no intention of turning ....... an old fogey herself.
(a) over
(b) down
(c) into
(d) in
Answer. C
Question. I suppose breakfast is the most difficult task to turn your hand ....... because there are so many variations of drink, cereal, egg and bread.
(a) down
(b) to
(c) over
(d) in
Answer. B
Question. You had to stand there for ages while each guest made up their mind, turning ....... the choices in their minds.
(a) down
(b) over
(c) in
(d) into
Answer. B
Question. After a long wait like that very often they would simply turn ....... everything and simply ask for a cup of tea.
(a) down
(b) in
(c) up
(d) over
Answer. A
Story (3)
Question. One morning an old lady turned ....... at the dining room and sat down.
(a) on
(b) up
(c) aside
(d) around
Answer. B
Question. She sniffed at the air full of breakfast smells, got up, turned ....... and walked out again.
(a) up
(b) against
(c) aside
(d) around
Answer. D
Question. Apparently she had completely forgotten that she'd already eaten breakfast that day. I turned ....... to hide my smile.
(a) back
(b) around
(c) up
(d) aside
Answer. D
Question. Unfortunately Doris caught me at it. 'Don't you turn your nose ....... at the old dears', she rebuked me.
(a) up
(b) around
(c) aside
(d) against
Answer. A
Question. 'You'll be like that one day' she continued, Just you wait'. I turned ....... to apologize.
(a) around
(b) back
(c) on
(d) against
Answer. B
Question. Sadly Doris had already turned her back ....... me and gone back to the kitchen.
(a) against
(b) out
(c) on
(d) in
Answer. C
Question. She rather turned ....... me after that.
(a) out
(b) against
(c) back
(d) in
Answer. B
Question. These days I wish I could turn the clock ....... and tell Doris how right she was!
(a) out
(b) in
(c) on
(d) back
Answer. D
Question. You see I've just turned all the lights ....... ready for the night.
(a) out
(b) in
(c) on
(d) up
Answer. A
Question. I'm now ready to turn ....... for the night but the worrying thing is I just can't remember what I had for supper.
(a) up
(b) on
(c) in
(d) out
Answer. C