Fill in the blanks in the sentences below using the appropriate forms of the words given in the following box.
guide, succeed, chair, travel, pale, draw, true |
(i) I met a ______ from an antique land.
(ii) I need special _____ in mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject.
(iii) The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy _____ to Issac Newton.
(iv) His other problems ____ into insignificance beside this unforeseen mishap.
(v) The meeting was _____ by the youngest member of the board.
(vi) Some people say ‘yours ____ ‘ when they informally refer to themselves.
(vii) I wish it had been a ____ match. We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least.