Question

Complete the story with one word in each gap.

When I was a student I did lots of different jobs during the summer vacation, ranging (1)......... picking fruit to working for a furniture removal company. Fruit picking is hard work, but at least you are outside and have the company of other pickers. Probably the least pleasant job I had (2)........... working in the fridge of a butcher's shop where I (3)............ to sort pieces of chickens. But (4).......... a doubt, the prize for the (5)........... boring job has to go to the one I had working for a sports equipment company. My task was to put six table tennis balls into boxes. They left me in a room (6).......... my own with a huge container of thousands of balls. I was stuck out (7)........ sight at the back of the storeroom without even (8)......... radio for company. A day in the room felt (9) a month. There is one funny thing I remember: there were supposed to be two speeds of ball: one fast and one that was slower for(10)............ experienced players. The thing was, they were actually the same ball, they just went into different boxes!

Answer 1

When I was a student I did lots of different jobs during the summer vacation, ranging (1)...and...... picking fruit to working for a furniture removal company. Fruit picking is hard work, but at least you are outside and have the company of other pickers. Probably the least pleasant job I had (2)....was....... working in the fridge of a butcher's shop where I (3).....had....... to sort pieces of chickens. But (4).....without..... a doubt, the prize for the (5).....most...... boring job has to go to the one I had working for a sports equipment company. My task was to put six table tennis balls into boxes. They left me in a room (6).on......... my own with a huge container of thousands of balls. I was stuck out (7)........ sight at the back of the storeroom without even (8)...having...... radio for company. A day in the room felt (9) as a month. There is one funny thing I remember: there were supposed to be two speeds of ball: one fast and one that was slower for(10)...the......... experienced players. The thing was, they were actually the same ball, they just went into different boxes!