Question

Look at the highlights verb-non collocations in the text and complete the sentence with one word in each gap.

Documentary makers go to great lengths to satisfy our ... about the mysteries of the natural world.​
Historians have made a ... in understanding how Egyptian pyramids were built.
The prince has been waiting decades to inherit the... from his mother, the queen.
Alan Turing saved millions of lives by cracking the ... that Germany was using to send military communications during WW2.
Violence continues as various groups fight for ... of this magnificent city.

Answer 1

Documentary makers go to great lengths to satisfy our curiosity about the mysteries of the natural world.

Historians have made a breakthrough in understanding how Egyptian pyramids were built.

The prince has been waiting decades to inherit the throne from his mother, the queen.

Alan Turing saved millions of lives by cracking the code that Germany was using to send military communications during WW2.

Violence continues as various groups fight for control of this magnificent city.