| 1. The government successfully _______________ an attack by rebel forces. | | |
| 2. The space probe _______________ numerous channels on Mars that closely resemble dry riverbeds on Earth. | | |
| 3. The new president will be _______________ by an economy that is in very poor shape. | | |
| 4. The plane _______________ into the side of the mountain, killing all the passengers instantly. | | |
| 5. We have been quite busy these last few days _______________ to go on our bicycling trip around Vancouver Island. | | |
| 6. The priest _______________ water on the baby's head. | | |
| 7. He left an _______________ note saying he couldn't come to the meeting. | | |
| 8. The first dinosaur _______________ around 225 or 230 million years ago. | | |
| 9. I forgot to put the left-over salmon in the fridge after supper, and it _______________ over night. | | |
| 10. I don't think anyone _______________ to die, not even a murderer. | | |
| 11. Learning Chinese seems really _______________ to me because of the written characters and the different tones and all that. | | |
| 12. Pauline may _______________ to be pretty quiet, but she becomes quite talkative once you get to know her | | |
| 13. A tourist was _______________ into the ocean by a huge wave at Long Beach. | | |
| 14. On April 13, 1796, America's first elephant _______________ in New York. | | |