Answers and explanations
- From/to. The context gives us some freedom in choosing preposition; both of them work here. Some foreign language speakers might feel tempted to use ‘on’, which would be incorrect.
- Turn. ‘Time’ should not be used, because we do not normally say ‘it was my time to do something’. Instead, it can be ‘it was time for me to do something’.
- Full. The phrase ‘holiday season’ means that there are lots of people travelling. ‘Busy’ and ‘packed’ have the same meaning, but cannot be chosen as both adjectives need ‘with’ after them.
- Worse. To make something worse is to make a difficult situation even more problematic. Reading the sentence to the end (and keeping the previous sentence in mind) helps us understand the general meaning of context and make a more informed decision.
- Only/best. Another option where we have some leeway in terms of word choice. The speaker did not have much choice, so his only/best option was to board a connecting flight. A connecting flight (or simply ‘connection’) is one that goes to your destination through a different town, city, or even a different country.
- Miss. Do not use ‘skip’, as skipping is something you do by choice, whereas ‘missing’ is usually because you have forgotten about it or for any other reason could not be present. Note that ‘afford’ is not only used with money and finance, but can mean anything that you absolutely need to do or have, e.g. ‘I can’t afford missing more classes because it might seriously affect my final grade’.
- In. Grammatically, it can be either ‘in time’ or ‘on time’. The first one means ‘not too late’, ‘before it is too late or over’. The second one has the meaning ‘right on time’, ‘on schedule’. The context suggests the first option as the airport staff closed the doors right after the speaker got in.
- Ahead.If there is something ahead of you, it means that you will have it happen to you in the future. ‘Of’ is what dictates the usage of this particular adverb.
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