1. Marty often ……. important issues at the meetings.

2. Sue felt she should ……. on her math skills before she started school.

3. He could feel the back of his neck ……. when they started talking about the tragedy.

4. Candace has a bad habit of ……. front of others.

5. Ken tried to ……. his teachers in order to get a good report card.

6. The guard had to ……. the dogs when Henry approached the locked gate.

7. Everyone could see by the grimace on his face that he didn’t ……. the meal in front of him.

8. He didn’t ……. to new concepts easily.

9. They ……. the hotel late last night.

10. Due to his illness, he worked hard to ……. with his missed schoolwork.