Fill in the blanks using the words in the box below, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
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Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
1. I can mail the letter for you. I go the post office on my way to work.
2. If you watch your money, stay in hostels, make your own food, and plan carefully, you can get there on less than $30.00 a day.
3. If you don't understand the word "superstitious," look it in the dictionary.
4. For legal reasons, our lawyer wants to go the papers thoroughly before we sign them.
5. Popular protest and extensive media coverage finally helped bring change in the country's environmental policies.
6. Mr. Octavio checked our names the list one by one as we entered the room.
7. I can't hear what they are saying on TV. Can you please turn it ?
8. This radio station is based in Chicago, which is 60 miles from here. That is why the broadcast doesn't come clearly.
9. This is the most intensive language course I have ever taken. I have to study four hours per night just to keep with the pace of the class.
10. I think the experiment supports my theory, but I need to go the results a couple of times to make sure that no mistakes were made while collecting the data.