Sometimes I wonder how many of the changes we see around us will really ... .

• switch

• shift

• endure

• decay

When trees fall and start to ..., they provide a home for many insects.

• decay

• substitude

• adjust

• deteriorate

It seemed to the generation of Britons alive before the Second World War that their way of life would ... for many years to come.

• sustain

• maintain

• last

• be

It's time we completely ... the whole prison system.

• reformed

• revised

• reviewed

• refined

I've ... the contract and it now says that you will receive 15%.

• repaired

• amended

• distorted

• renovated

- Sales will decrease as economic conditions ... .

- My eyesight began to ... quite rapidly.

- If the economy continues to ..., it will affect the firm's future performance.

Why don't you ... out of those wet things and put something dry on?

• change

• remove

• take

• replace

(phr.v) use up

• repair

• use all of a supply of something

• use something a lot so that it no longer works

• start a machine

These ridiculous rules and regulations should have been ... away with years ago.

• used

• done

• ruled

• made

(phr.v) Meaning: change sb or sth so that they become sth else

• change into

• make into

• wear out

• test out