Take it ______. It is nothing but a joke.

The engine has broken and the boat is ______ on the water.

The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were too wet and________.

Attendance at football matches have _____ since the coming of television.

Construction of the railways helped to develop the national _______ of Tanzania and Zambia.

Each year in the United States, many black teenagers _______ of school, either because they cannot keep up or they have to work to support their family.

Only a(n) ________ few were invited to the dancing party.

I bought this eighteenth century writing desk at a quite ________ price.

As you like pop music, __________ I like literature.

In the future, more ______ should be placed on the education of the young.