| 1. Her parents tried to _______________ her from marrying her boyfriend, but she went ahead with the wedding anyway. | | |
| 2. The cat lay on the carpet in front of the fireplace, curled up into a _______________ little ball. | | |
| 3. The house was being guarded by a _______________ black dog. | | |
| 4. My sister's boyfriend _______________ that he drive us home after the party because it was so late and the buses had stopped running. | | |
| 5. The children _______________ us to take them to Disneyland for a holiday. | | |
| 6. In order to _______________ for a driver's license in British Columbia, you must be at least 16 years old. | | |
| 7. The special effects in that movie were _______________; it looked like the dinosaurs were real. | | |
| 8. News of the abandonment of a mother dog and her six puppies in a municipal park resulted in a number of calls to the newspaper from people hoping to _______________ the animals. | | |
| 9. He didn't _______________ how much he loved her until she moved away. | | |
| 10. Meditation can be very _______________ in helping to reduce stress. | | |
| 11. Please _______________ that you have paid your fees in full before classes begin. | | |
| 12. We moved from Halifax to Vancouver when my father's company _______________ him to their main office out here. | | |
| 13. Government _______________ expect the prime minister to make an announcement this afternoon. | | |
| 14. The victim's family felt that the _______________ given the murderer was too short. | | |
| 15. The young woman attempted suicide after being _______________ by a stranger. | | |
| 16. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but was _______________ after 7 years for good behaviour. | | |
| 17. Today, on the occasion of the marriage of our oldest child, we are happy in knowing that we have not lost a daughter; we have _______________ a son-in-law. | | |
| 18. One _______________ was murdered by another man in the prison after a fight in the exercise yard. | | |