| 1. You should allow for some _______________ in these jeans the first couple of times you wash them. | | |
| 2. As a child, Beethoven made such a poor _______________ on his music teachers that they stated he was hopeless as a composer. | | |
| 3. Nobuko was the student _______________ for her class last semester. | | |
| 4. The leaves were _______________ in the trees as the wind began to howl. | | |
| 5. The religion of Islam is the acceptance of and _______________ to the teachings of God, as revealed to Muhammad. | | |
| 6. The two rivers _______________ at the foot of the mountain. | | |
| 7. Running the four-minute mile was an astounding athletic _______________ when first done by Roger Bannister. | | |
| 8. A human hair is 70 percent easier to cut when _______________ in warm water for two minutes. | | |
| 9. The river is _______________ for the first few kilometres, but after that it is impossible to pass through in a boat because of the rocks and the rapids. | | |
| 10. A rooftop solar water heater needs about three hours of sunshine per day to _______________ enough hot water for a family of four. | | |
| 11. Now that her kids have grown up, Lawrence's mom really _______________ having a little baby to take care of. | | |
| 12. Brad Pitt was able to visit the city _______________, by growing a long beard, and putting on a wig and sunglasses. | | |
| 13. You'd better learn to _______________ that bad temper of yours if you want to keep your job. | | |
| 14. She is a little _______________ so nobody believes anything she says. | | |