Strong family ties provide us the love and _________ we need for a happy life.

He spoke so quickly that I didn’t ______ what he said.

After lunch I felt ______ enough to ask my boss for rise.

The teacher encourages the _______________ of the pupils in each lesson.

His _______ of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.

You can _____ your shorthand ability by taking notes in shorthand during lectures.

 If I take this medicine twice a day, it should ______ my cold. 

A(n) ____________ is used to watch news, performances and football matches or learn foreign languages.

Her mother had asked her to do several ______ before she went out.

 Tropical diseases are comparatively _____ in Britain.

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

The gardener ______ a bucket with water so that he could plant the vegetables.

Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking. (Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.)

Can you possibly make ______ what he has written here?

Well-mannered children have usually been properly _____ by their parents.

Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to _____ the factory.

We ................ the seedlings into peaty soil.

He has left his book here on _______, so that you can read it.

The presently accepted theory of light _______ some of the ideas of both earlier theories.

An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______.

He often forgets to do what he has been told and is scolded for being ______.