EDITING EXERCISE #3

Choose the appropriate word missing from each sentence

--- for the flat tire and engine problem, the trip to the coast went well.

The volleyball team will have --- awards banquet Friday night.

"Step --- and be counted," the preacher told the students.

More than --- juniors were named to the National Honor Society.

Students choked on the cloud of dust as the bus rolled ---.

Jim Baker placed --- in a national editorial writing contest.

The band director asked the boys to be ---.

Playing the --- of Hamlet is Marcus Wilson.

The meeting will begin at ---.