| 1. Excuse me Henry. Can I just _______________ by you there? | | |
| 2. Firemen _______________ a major blaze at an apartment building over the weekend. | | |
| 3. After retiring from the sporting world, many successful Olympic athletes make a career of giving _______________ speeches to business people. | | |
| 4. I got _______________ on question five on the math test because I couldn't remember the formula. | | |
| 5. The _______________ of the birthday party was too much for the little girl, and she burst into tears. | | |
| 6. The prime minister has announced that England has just _______________ war on Germany. | | |
| 7. Bad weather has forced the _______________ of flight 613 to Toronto this evening. | | |
| 8. Early visitors to China marvelled at the country's wealth and _______________. | | |
| 9. I have lots of success in business, but after two divorces, feel that I am a _______________ in my personal life. | | |
| 10. The earliest cave paintings by man were generally _______________ of hunting and fertility. | | |
| 11. _______________, no one was hurt in the accident in which a car hit a school bus full of children. | | |
| 12. You need a _______________ from your doctor in order to receive massage therapy treatments. | | |
| 13. The _______________ on an octopus' tentacles allow it to hold firmly onto its prey. | | |
| 14. In 1547, British law was changed to end the practice of _______________ people to death as punishment for criminal behaviour. | | |