Daily Life and Activities

1. I don’t think you can lift that case ________ I help you.

2. I can’t remember ________ told me Mary had gone to Spain.

3. I have been looking for this book for months, and ________ I have found it.

4. Let’s go into the garden and ________ some roses to take to your mother.

5. I ________ what her name is; I’m sure I know her face.

6. He couldn’t ________ the thought of leaving his home town for ever.

7. His energetic efforts met with only ________ success.

8. Will you help me ________ this parcel, please?

9. He offered to ________ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry.

10. Susan was alone in the house when the fire ________.

11. Mary has given me a ________ for chocolate cake.

12. Why can’t you do this small ________ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past.

13. We are ________ into our new house on Saturday.

14. The child was ________ for getting his shoes and socks wet.

15. I shall never ________ the time when I was lost in London without any money.

16. You will have ________ those potatoes before you cook them.

17. I was walking along the street when I accidentally _______ my friend.

18. The rising _______ of living is as hard on country families as on city families.