Completing the Sentence - Set A

If you will only show a little patience, that business investment may grow into a(n) (a)   for you.

For two nights, he did his homework faithfully; then he (a)   to his usual lazy ways.

The swiftest members of the herd escaped the trappers’ nets, but the (a)   were caught.

Let me read aloud a few (a)   from the newspaper review of the new movie.

You hurt her feelings when you reacted to her comments in such a(n) (a)   way, especially since you asked for her advice.

A single word of praise from the coach meant more to me than all the loud but thoughtless (a)   of the crowd.

When the lights suddenly went out, I (a)   my way into the kitchen to find a candle and matches.

The cafeteria line was so crowded that I was (a)   past the desserts before I could take one.

Our teacher gave the two of us permission to (a)   on our reports because we were investigating related problems.

With tireless devotion, the ailing child’s parents kept an anxious (a)   at her bedside.