1. He described the ________ very carefully.

2. As he had been very busy in his house since two that morning ________ of a burst water pipe, he went to have a rest.

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

4. It was at this stage that Ted came in quickly ________ me to finish and get on the road.

5. Immediately you arrived you had to start sorting the mail into different pigeon ________ .

6. My trainer was a postman by the ________ of Ted.

7. I did just that but in my ________ I dropped a small packet that fell into a puddle.

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

9. In my kitchen I looked at the address and saw the recipient was a Master Richard. I was ashamed of my ________

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