Improving Verbal Skills

You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly ......... to the other makes in this garage.
better
clearer
above
superior

It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and ......... to slander.
same
amount
total
extend

He ......... to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.
says
believes
claims
intends

In this biography she is ......... as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.
depicted
framed
outlined
caught

He had to be ......... from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.
outcast
eliminated
extracted
isolated

It's not that I don't trust you ......... I must have some evidence of your identity.
although
but
also
because

The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and ......... with the latest equipment.
invested
created
provided
tested

People used to think the cinema would be ......... by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.
supposed
surrounded
suppressed
supplanted

She ......... to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.
appeared
supposed
stood
credited

There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better ......... with one another.
consuming
convincing
convening
collaborating