1.

I don’t know why I threw out my old bicycle.  I’m sure that with a little bit of patience and work I ___________________________  it.

(repair)

2.

My teenage son has been acting very strangely lately.  I think he ___________________________ drugs.

(take)

3.

Why did I marry that woman?  I __________________________ she would end up leaving me for another man.

(know)

4.

Look at him – he’s turning blue.  We’d better do something - he _____________________________.

(suffocate)

5.

We ____________________________ the water before we went away for the winter.   Unfortunately, we didn’t… and when we returned, the pipes had exploded…

(turn off)

6.

I don’t know what happened exactly, but they  ______________________________ a terrible fight, because after that day, they never spoke to each other again.

(have)

7.

I didn’t intend to, but think I _________________________ him by making that comment about his nose….

(insult)

8.

It was only after it was too late and I had passed the highway exit that I realized I _____________________________.

(turn)

9.

He seems happier and the doctor says his condition __________________________ , but it is too early to tell for sure.

(improve)

10.

He____________________________ by now; I wonder why he is taking so long.

(return)