Verb Pairs

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

My car very rarely ......... first time when the weather is really cold.

She's good at writing stories for children and is always keen to ..... up new plots.

The detectives had no problems in solving the crimes as it was clearly an open and ..... case.

I think the best way is to tell you a story that ......

She heard his feet ..... on the thick carpet upstairs.

I am telling you from personal experience - don't go there on holiday. It will be a(n) .....!

These are the usual ..... of the desert - scorpions, snakes, heat, lack of water, etc.

Thousands of cows and other cattle were ..... because of the anthrax epidemic a few years ago.

Angela has been a Mafia informant for many years now. Knowing that the Mafia is fond of ..... its enemies, she demands and is paid exorbitant amounts of money to do this dirty job.