Emotions and Behavior

1. I do ________ I could speak English well.

2. You can’t ________ how frightened I was when I first saw an elephant.

3. He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons ________ from his coat.

4. He grew very angry when he realized how he had been ________ out of his money.

5. I should be very _______ if you would post this letter for me.

6. She’s a very selfish person who doesn’t show much ______ for others.

7. He lost his ________ when the policeman stopped him.

8. Mary is very ________ because she has failed her examination.

9. I was so ________ in my book that I didn’t hear the doorbell ring.

10. She was very ________ when I told her my pet dog had died.

11. He has told us so many lies that we can no longer place any ________ on what he says.

12. When children saw him, they were all in deep ______.

13. Even the most detached and indifferent spectator can be ________ away by enthusiasm at a horserace.

14. The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.

15. I feel so sleepy, I can hardly ________ my eyes open.

16. Fear showed in the eyes of the young man, while the old man looked tired and ________.

17. Bill doesn’t ________ what people say about him.

18. She didn’t ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn’t wanted to go out anyway.