Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Choose your answers from the options given below.
(hereditary, heed, heterogeneous, high-strung, harrowing, hearth, halfwit, hitherto, hesitant, hilarious)
1. ………………….. I have always liked your work.
2. Why are you so …………………. about asking for help?
3. Thoroughbred horses are often ……………………
4. It was a ………………….. group of rich and poor.
5. The comedian told several ………………….. stories.
6. Baldness could be ………………….
7. I warned him but he paid me no ………………..
8. After weeks of traveling the salesman was happy to return to his own ………………..
9. After that …………………. experience, I couldn’t sleep for a week.
10. Who was the ……………….. who left the refrigerator door open?
Answers
1. Hitherto I have always liked your work.
2. Why are you so hesitant about asking for help?
3. Thoroughbred horses are often high-strung.
4. It was a heterogeneous group of rich and poor.
5. The comedian told several hilarious stories.
6. Baldness could be hereditary.
7. I warned him but he paid me no heed.
8. After weeks of traveling the salesman was happy to return to his own hearth.
9. After that harrowing experience, I couldn’t sleep for a week.
10. Who was the halfwit who left the refrigerator door open?