1. These letters should be put to one side and old Charlie, the handwriting ________ would look through them later.

2. The next ________ was to draw some cold water, fill the kettle and make a cup of tea.

3. He was always criticising teachers for not teaching children to write ________ .

4. He was ________ up with people he met every so often

5. I then came to number 56 that Ted had ________ me about. They had a ferocious dog.

6. Sometimes you found some ________ handwriting and didn't know where the letter should go.

7. He didn't want any of his ________ to imagine that being a postman was an easy job.

8. After about two hours of this my internal battery started to get low and I found myself losing ________ .

9. I knew if I told Ted he would talk a lot about being strictly against the rules but I was convinced it didn't ________ .

10. Ted was always calm and optimistic. He never let himself get ________ by the job.