Gapped sentences exercise
1.
a. The hospital was held ________ for negligence.
b. Many parts of the country are ___________ to flooding.
c. You may be ___________ for tax on any gains you make.
2.
a. El Prado museum ______________ for admission.
b. In the end we decided not to press _____________.
c. He _____________up his mobile phone every night during the snow so that the power does not run out.
3.
a. Prisoners on death ______________cannot receive packages from the outside world.
b. Let's sit in the back __________.
c. Every time we go we _________ around the island.
4.
a. The mayor was jailed on three ____________ of corruption.
b. It's the thought that _________.
c. He _________ him among his closest friends.
5.
a. There is convincing ______________of a link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
b. I was asked to give ______________ (= to say what I knew, describe what I had seen, etc.) at the trial.
c. They are reluctant to prosecute without any hard _______________.
KEY
liable (for something) legally responsible for paying the cost of something. E.g. You will be liable for any damage caused. The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts.
Liable to do something: likely to do something. We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired. The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
Liable to something: likely to be affected by something. Prone. E.g. You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.
Liable to something: likely to be punished by law for something. E.g. Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500. Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
Liable for/to something| liable to do something: having to do something by law. People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax. At 60, he was no longer liable for conscription.
2. Charges
3. Row
4. Counts
5. evidence
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