| 1. Your excellent marks more than _______________ the requirements for admission into our post-graduate program. | | |
| 2. With the passing of legislation supporting same-sex marriage, this government has _______________ its commitment to equal rights for all. | | |
| 3. In a famous experiment, scientists _______________ a certain part of the chicken's brain, causing it to scratch and peck at the ground as if it were eating. | | |
| 4. You need to _______________ the sugar with the butter and then beat them until the mixture becomes smooth. | | |
| 5. The child was momentarily _______________ after being hit in the head with a rock. | | |
| 6. The eagle's cry _______________ the silence of the forest. | | |
| 7. Yellow lines on the road _______________ traffic moving in opposite directions. | | |
| 8. The murderer _______________ the blood off his hands, and then burnt his stained clothes in the fireplace. | | |
| 9. It took over three hours for the frozen beef to _______________. | | |
| 10. Japanese people _______________ gratitude, apologies, and requests by bowing. | | |
| 11. The Zeravshan River flows through Tajikistan and Uzbekistan before _______________ in the desert north of Chärjew. | | |
| 12. His failing mark on the midterm only _______________ his need for extra help. | | |
| 13. The 1979 revolution in Iran greatly _______________ the nation's earlier rate of economic growth. | | |
| 14. My little girl is growing up so fast. Today, she _______________ on pouring her own apple juice and she didn't spill a drop. | | |