New challenge: GAPPED SENTENCES

1. The situation was already bad but your interference has made it worse _______ .
I feel a bit guilty about what happened; _______ there's nothing I could have done to prevent it so I know I shouldn't feel bad.
I haven't officially signed any agreement so I can _________change my mind if I want to.

2. She'd been feeling a bit low but hearing that she got the job gave her a ________.
The Government is going to _________ the restrictions on water usage now that the river levels are normal.
I used to ________ whole passages from books when I was at school and nobody noticed it.

3. The car skidded on the ice and_________ into a tree at the side of the road.
The football ________ the glass in the window into a thousand pieces.
The managing director ________ his fist down on the table in anger at the committee's decision.

4. After the concert, all the equipment was __________ away and transported in a convoy of lorries to the next venue.
George __________ in his job and went travelling around the world for a year.
The club was ________ absolutely and there was no room at all on the dance floor.

5. I was sitting at the next table to them so I couldn't __________ overhearing their conversation.
My financial situation is pretty bad anyway, so this unexpected bill doesn't exactly ______________.
I wish you wouldn't __________ yourself to my CDs without asking me first.

6. They _____________ to lose a lot of money if they are forced to close down their business.
He has treated me very badly for a long time and I think that the time has now come for me to ____________ up to him.
Wendy is extremely selfish and she can't ____________ it when she doesn't get her own way.



Cheers,

Bia