1. He simply thinks to himself: I live in a small village by a little stream and ________ this time of year lots of creatures start to wake up and make a lot of noise.

2. She just wished that her father could ________ and be even steven (fair) about her side of the argument.

3. After all she thought her brother was enjoying himself and had gone ________ to work in America as a result of the brain drain (talented people leaving their own country to work for better pay in another).

4. But that was in the past. Things have changed because something happened to him exactly two years ________ .

5. Andrew Smodley is a natural worrier. It is something he has ________ from his father the king of all worriers.

6. From a very early age Cathy had been passionate ________ animals.

7. And if she was really ________ with herself she was beginning to have a teenie weenie (very small) feeling of doubt as to whether she was doing the right thing.

8. Cathy didn't believe any of this and was delighted to be working for Geoffrey Winton if for no other ________ than that living at home was very humdrum (boring).

9. I apologise for the simplicity of these ________ but I want to illustrate the unimaginative nature which Andrew possesses.

10. As it drew near she found she was asking herself ________ whether she had done the right thing. She looked at the horse and it was actually nodding its head and she could have sworn it said okie dokie (all right).