| 1. The war continues to __________ despite the government's assurances that it will soon be over. | | |
| 2. My back pain is __________ again, probably due to the cold weather. | | |
| 3. There was rotten food in the fridge in their apartment. It really __________. | | |
| 4. Our research will __________ how language learning affects the brains of the elderly. | | |
| 5. That guy really __________; he's always trying to start something with my girlfriend. | | |
| 6. We are going to __________ the old computer back-up system and put everything on the cloud instead of external hard drives. | | |
| 7. The boys were __________ in the living room with the football and they broke our new lamp. | | |
| 8. The robbers __________ the bank tellers before fleeing with the money. | | |
| 9. I can't find the address. I know I __________ somewhere but I can't remember where. | | |
| 10. Make sure the house is all __________ when you leave home for the weekend. | | |
| 11. You shouldn't drive the car when you're so tired. You almost __________ for a second there. | | |
| 12. Anyone who __________ Brett regrets it afterwards. He is a dirty fighter. | | |
| 13. That song really __________ every time I hear it. | | |
| 14. Eric's girlfriend heard he was kissing another girl at the party but his friend __________ by saying it was him, not Eric, that was with the girl. | | |
| 15. The baby was upset about something and it took me almost an hour to __________. | | |