Household, Tasks and Chores

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

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

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

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

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

6. Digging the garden is a very ________ task.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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