1. For very small children at their nursery school there is often a ________ where they can play.

2. The strings on the puppet were all intertwined and it took us ages to ________ them.

3. It's no good ________ your head in the sand, you'll have to face the truth in the end.

4. When you take a party of tourists round a famous city there are always those who ________ and keep everybody else waiting.

5. The sands are ________ and everything is changing in this century.

6. Henry: No, I'm going to carry on as usual. Think of the advantage it would give my ________ if I were out of the campaign even for one day.

7. They decided to get dressed at once and take the two girls to their aunt's house. Henry ________ the police but asked them to keep the news from the press.

8. There was absolutely no question about it he was the ________ idiot such as you'd find in one of those old farces.

9. The result of the election didn't give either candidate a clear majority but in the end the leader of the opposition agreed to step down and ________ to the wishes of the electorate.

10. Andrew: What did the man sound like? Did you recognize his voice?Henry: No, I was half asleep.His voice wasn't familiar but he sounded quite pleasant. He didn't seem to be ________ me.