Verb Pairs

After the children had ......... doing their homework, the whole family watched television.

The new musical that has had such bad reviews will ..... at the end of this week.

I'm afraid that tree will have to come down as it ..... out the light in the sitting room.

John finds it hard to find a permanent job; he's been ..... from one job to another for as long as I can remember.

Although he was very sick, he didn't even try to ..... drinking.

Julia married a wealthy old man when she was only eighteen because all she wanted was to be rich. Years later she realized it was a big ......

This was Brian's first voyage as a sailor, and he was not sure if he was ready to face the ..... of the ocean.

The football fan stopped throwing stones because of the policeman's ..... to arrest him.

Some animals and birds find no difficulty moving at night as they have the ability to ..... in the dark.

We had to ..... at each other at the party last night because the music was so loud it wasn't possible to have a normal conversation.