1. 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.

2. She is thinking of blocking up the bedroom window because ________ have got into the house through it a couple of times so far.

3. As most of the men were ________ at work, his audience consisted mainly of women and young children.

4. Without her glasses she made a ________ and filled in the wrong form.

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. It is written here that I have a sister but there must be some ________ because I am an only child.

7. Elizabeth realized that it had been a ________ to take her daughter to the house where her father was killed some years before.

8. Don't even think of shifting the blame on me, please! It's not my ________ for what happened.

9. I wouldn't call this a bad mistake, it is simply a ________ of the pen.

10. I was handed my ________ yesterday and so today I'm looking for a new job.