| 1. Learning a foreign language is a _______________ but rewarding process. | | |
| 2. Howard's wife has been _______________ recently, so I don't think they'll be able to come to the party. | | |
| 3. Her sister was her constant _______________ for the last few months before she died. | | |
| 4. Children need constant _______________ in order develop their self-esteem. | | |
| 5. My sister is undergoing _______________ to help her overcome her fear of the dark. | | |
| 6. Grandpa always likes to _______________ about the old days after he's had a couple of drinks. | | |
| 7. She is _______________ to quit her job and travel around Europe for a year. | | |
| 8. Our old cat used to like to sit on my _______________ while I read in the evenings. | | |
| 9. Why don't you _______________ up your stuff while I get the car warmed up? | | |
| 10. The cat was sitting in the tree, _______________ and spitting at the dog below. | | |
| 11. The tsunami was _______________ by an earthquake at sea. | | |
| 12. Firemen had to evacuate the elderly _______________ of a local nursing home after smoke was seen coming from one of the rooms. | | |
| 13. Daphne became quite _______________ after she was fired from her job at the department store. | | |
| 14. The hiker became frightened when he heard a _______________ coming from the bushes. | | |
| 15. Two people were killed, and a dozen others _______________ when a bus ran off the road in the rain over the weekend. | | |
| 16. When I was dusting the furniture, I _______________ broke my wife's favourite lamp. | | |
| 17. My grandfather helped _______________ this company over 75 years ago. | | |
| 18. The police are looking for people who may have _______________ a traffic accident which occurred yesterday at Douglas and Yates. | | |
| 19. My son _______________ his finger in the gate, and had to get a couple of stitches. | | |
| 20. The little girl got scratched by the cat when she tried to _______________ it. | | |