| 1. There was a _______________ outside the nightclub Friday night, and the police had to be called. | | |
| 2. The _______________ were exhausted by the time their boat crossed the finish line. | | |
| 3. The Titanic took 2 hours and 40 minutes to _______________ after hitting an iceberg. | | |
| 4. My neighbours aren't very _______________ of children; they're always complaining that they are making too much noise, but they're just being normal, happy kids. | | |
| 5. Most car accidents are _______________ if people would just be more careful. | | |
| 6. Virunga Park is home to the _______________ mountain gorilla. | | |
| 7. The Royal B.C. Museum is a popular tourist _______________ here in town. | | |
| 8. The government of Algeria has planted rows of trees in an area known as the Green Barrier, in an effort to _______________ the spread of the desert. | | |
| 9. The wind blew the door _______________ with a loud bang. | | |
| 10. His _______________ of the car accident wasn't too good because he was drunk at the time. | | |
| 11. The little girl smiled with pride when her grandmother complimented her on the skirt she had made in _______________ class. | | |
| 12. Man's need for communication _______________ the development of increasingly sophisticated language. | | |
| 13. In a year's time, bees _______________ 80,000 tons of pollen in the United States. | | |
| 14. My son's mind often _______________ in class at school, and the teachers have a hard time keeping his attention. | | |