| 1. The teacher _______________ the student not to look at his neighbour's paper, or risk getting a zero on the test. | | |
| 2. I don't know where Hannah is; we've been _______________ her for over an hour. | | |
| 3. The little boy tried to _______________ the kitten out of the bushes by holding out a piece of food. | | |
| 4. The Prime Minister _______________ the efforts of his Finance Minister in bringing in a fair budget. | | |
| 5. The stormy weather is _______________ efforts to rescue two fishermen from their sinking boat. | | |
| 6. My mother always told me not to _______________ in other people's business. | | |
| 7. The unhappy student _______________ at the test; he had studied the wrong material. | | |
| 8. Harry's mother gave him an admiring look as he walked up to the stage to _______________ his award. | | |
| 9. Not too long ago, people believed that the sun and all the planets _______________ around the Earth. | | |
| 10. Please let me know if you are unable to _______________ class. | | |
| 11. Please _______________ your seatbelts in preparation for landing. | | |
| 12. You'd better _______________ the old paint off your desk before you try repainting it. | | |
| 13. We turned off the motor on the boat, and just _______________ with the current for a while. | | |
| 14. The child almost fell off his chair, but his mother _______________ his arm at the last second and saved him. | | |