Directions: Choose the best words to complete each sentence.

1. Half an hour after taking a shower, her hair still felt __________.

2. Tom is feeling a little __________ about losing his job, so he comes in earlier and stays later.

3. A new automobile assembly __________ is opening up in their city. It will produce a lot of jobs.

4. People who __________ horses for a living enjoy the work that they do.

5. Traveling to a __________ country can be an eye-opening experience. Everything is so different.

6. If you want to know the price for the jacket, look on the __________.

7. A __________ to Mars could take as long as two years to complete.

8. When it gets really cold outside, you can see your __________.

9. Elizabeth didn’t want the memories of her trip to Japan to __________, so she took a lot of pictures.

10. Smoking is banned inside buildings because it’s not healthy to __________ in the smoke.

11. It’s a good idea not to __________ behind other students in school. Do your best to keep up.

12. A baseball __________ provides protection from the sun, but it’s not necessary when inside.

13. Their cabin on the lake required too much __________ and attention, so they sold it.

14. We couldn’t __________ her by phone, so we tried email instead.

15. When Muslim people ___________ Eid, they don’t eat or drink during the day.

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Answers: 1. damp; 2. anxious; 3. plant ; 4. breed; 5. foreign; 6. tag; 7. journey; 8. breath; 9. fade;

10. breathe; 11. lag; 12. cap; 13. upkeep; 14. reach; 15. observe