1. How could you possibly think of moving to live in this neighbourhood! It's full of ________ and too dangerous for the children to play outside.

2. He was in a coma for more than two weeks after the accident but now he has woken up and the doctors say he has a ________ of memory. He can hardly remember what had happened.

3. I was handed my ________ yesterday and so today I'm looking for a new job.

4. There was very little reaction to Henry's speech, except from one or two people at the back who kept on asking what Henry's party intended to do about the ________ price of fruit and vegetables.

5. It was quite clear they didn't want me because I was told not to ________ to come back to work tomorrow.

6. Elizabeth realized that it had been a ________ to take her daughter to the house where her father was killed some years before.

7. I am a little afraid to go on a honeymoon holiday in this mountain because the area is notorious for the ________ who attack and rob people.

8. There was a large crowd in the field when Henry arrived at eight o'clock for what was perhaps the biggest meeting of the ________ campaign. After a hard day's work, hundreds of farmers and farm labourers had come to the field to hear what Henry had to say.

9. The company decided to get ________ of me last week and so I had to leave.

10. The accident was due to the ________ of the driver.