| 1. We need to fix our toaster. I got an electric _______________ when I tried to plug it in this morning. | | |
| 2. There is a huge _______________ of dirty laundry which needs to be washed. | | |
| 3. A young woman unearthed a number of bone _______________ of some kind of dinosaur while digging in the desert north of here. | | |
| 4. He didn't get the job, due to a _______________ of experience. | | |
| 5. When you get to the front door of the apartment building, just _______________ me, and I'll let you in. | | |
| 6. He totally _______________ his marriage and his family for his career, and now he finds himself a very successful, lonely businessman. | | |
| 7. The candles are _______________ wax on the carpet. | | |
| 8. We lost control of the car on the ice, and _______________ into a telephone pole. | | |
| 9. The smoke from the old man's pipe _______________ up over his head. | | |
| 10. I really _______________ my parents for all they did to help my sister and I get a good education. | | |
| 11. The large number of photos which have been sent back from the moon have _______________ scientists to map its surface. | | |
| 12. She threw her coat on the bed and went into the bathroom to take a _______________. | | |
| 13. It was hard to chop the wood because it was full of _______________. | | |
| 14. They _______________ through the hills for about three hours. | | |
| 15. I _______________ at the bus driver to wait as I was running for the bus but he didn't hear me. | | |