1. My job has gone because my boss has ________ me.

2. Jacqueline is a good secretary but lately she often makes ________ in such simple things as typing and uploading information.

3. I shan't be working tomorrow because I've just been given the ________ .

4. Vera: Now I hope you can see the danger of getting mixed up in politics. You and the family will probably ________ get blown up by a bomb.Henry: Don't exaggerate, Vera. I'm sure it's just a joke.

5. How could you possibly think of moving to live in this neighbourhood! It's full of ________ and too dangerous for the children to play outside.

6. Henry Orpington's first ________ that day was an open-air meeting on a large housing estate at ten o'clock.

7. I was ________ this morning and had to empty my desk this afternoon.

8. There was a large crowd in the field when Henry arrived at eight o'clock for what was perhaps the biggest meeting of the ________ campaign. After a hard day's work, hundreds of farmers and farm labourers had come to the field to hear what Henry had to say.

9. He was in a coma for more than two weeks after the accident but now he has woken up and the doctors say he has a ________ of memory. He can hardly remember what had happened.

10. This is a new store and there are cameras all over the place to watch for ________ .