1. I ________ my car to make sure it worked about ten mintues before I drove to work.

2. It didn't take long for the children to ________ off the cakes and pastries that had not been eaten at the party.

3. You can't miss it, it's that tall building right at the ________ of the road.

4. Please be ________ when you cross this road.

5. I have been ________ strange stories about you recently but I do hope that there is no substance in them.

6. I ________ attentively to the lecture on philosophy but I still didn't understand much of it.

7. Who would like to ________ off the debate?

8. After the children had ________ doing their homework, the whole family watched television.

9. You must not drink and then ________ a car.

10. He sometimes pretends he can't ________ a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.