1. After walking four miles in the pouring rain, the children were ________.

2. Pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide ________.

3. It’s my ________ that it’s going to rain.

4. It seemed as if all of a ______ the animal had smelt danger in the air.

5. They gave ________ looking for her when it grew dark.

6. Some people had to escape in boats when the river ______ its banks.

7. These trees cannot be grown in such a cold ________ as ours.

8. Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike.

9. It was so cold that the water in the lake ________.

10. The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were so wet and ________.

11. This morning drivers were warned of _______ fog in all industrial areas.

12. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she wouldn’t listen to me.

13. As it had not rained for several months, there was a ______ of water.

14. The water in this stream has dried up because of the ________ of rain this summer.

15. In the central region the dry season is long and severe, and the ________ annual rainfall is only about 70 cm.

16. This young tree could not have been damaged by accident. I believe it was done ________.

17. In spite of the storm, the Captain ________ the ship safely into port.

18. It’s very cold, the temperature is several ________ below zero.