Household, Tasks and Chores

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

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

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

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

5. Digging the garden is a very ________ task.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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