Household, Tasks and Chores

1. I can’t ________ the sound of a knife scraping on a plate.

2. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ________ in the courtyard.

3. Digging the garden is a very ________ task.

4. It was very ________ in the cottage with the comfortable armchairs by the fire.

5. The girl in the shop was _____ how to use a new kind of electric cooker.

6. Please wipe your feet on the door ________ before you come in.

7. Marie often buys clothes at that ________ stall in the market.

8. The rain soon worked its way ________ the roof of the old cottage.

9. Be careful with that knife because it has a very sharp ________.

10. Don’t leave your things all over the room, ________ up the place.

11. Although most of the rooms are small, the hall is ________.

12. The attic was thick with ________ as no one had cleared it for years.

13. In recent years there has been a ________ increase in the cost of living.

14. The news ________ that prices were going to rise next week.

15. When I turned on the switch, the lights ________.

16. He ________ his rose bushes carefully with insecticide every evening.

17. When I paid for my groceries in the supermarket, the cashier gave me the wrong ________.

18. It was so cold my fingers were quite ________.