Confusing Words

She performed well in the ____ English exam.

_____, Jimmy would prefer not to sit____the cat.

I___he was lying all along.

A _____ lion has a ______, but a female does not have one.

___is one unit of energy.

_____struck, _______up the night sky.

Jim's family was in______this______following the death of his father.

Of the two jumpers I purchased, I prefer the___.

How many _____of trousers do you own?

After the colonel was killed in battle, the troop_____became low.

Your homework is___ it should have been handed in yesterday.

The miners found plenty of iron____near the surface.

Here's some good_____for you. Try and get some rest.

I was __to leave when I realised that it was__lunchtime.

Despite the boy's__programming skills, he is surprisingly__when it comes to basic things.

___a shame that we cannot talk about__size.

This fish bar does the best_____and chips in town.

His speech___my mother very deeply, but had no__in me.

He was willing to_____an apology from everyone __ me.

It ______ difficult for him to do it all alone.

The____officer steered his speedboat in pursuit of pirates.

In medieval times, kings led their__in battle.

He was ______baffled, that the wedding guests were gathered______ in the garden.

The hotel _____on the outskirts of town.

This place is an___venue for the bird watching.

Susan was at first___when she heard that the government would pay a full salary during the pandc. It was an__news story.

The government__was an__little man who was always offering unwanted help.