He’s always ______ to his father’s wishes.

 The children played in the park while their mother _______. 

On Sunday the business centre of the city was usually quite _______.

 I usually listen to the weather _____, though I have little faith in it.

As one of the four ______ of the company, he often had to attend Board meetings.

 The sun ______ the growth of plants.

Belinda missed a few months of school because of illness and found it difficult to keep ______ with her classmates.

 There is _____ that I may have to go into hospital next week.

Tom is very shy but his sister is outgoing.

 Because of the fine weather, we had all our classes in the ______ air.

 She opened the packet and emptied the ______ into a saucepan.

The ______ to success is to be ready from the start.

 If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, it is necessary to be given an ______ as quickly as possible.

 I dislike going to the dentist as he uses the ______ on my teeth.

 The cow had lost its own calf but the farmer persuaded it to _______ one whose mother had died.

She began to feel nervous when the train pulled up at the _____ between Austria and Yugoslavia.

My mother takes care ............... sick children.

A curriculum that ignores ethnic tensions, racial antagonisms, cultural _______ and religious differences is pot relevant.

He stroked his cat’s silky fur and the cat ______ contentedly.

 After a tiring ______ by boat, we reached the island.

He was _______ when I had those problems and said whatever I did he would stand by me.