Household, Tasks and Chores

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Digging the garden is a very ________ task.

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

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

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