Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. John Kenedy was ________ of the United States.

2. Even when his reputation was in eclipse, almost everyone ________ that he had genius.

3. You ________ a six-month contract when you are offered a permanent position elsewhere. What will you do?

4. As soon as you ________ that, I'd like you to go to bed.

5. The sergeant's orders were perfectly ________.

6. ________ terrible weather!

7. I wanted some coffee but there was ________ in the pot.

8. Who ________ the boss tell him that?

9. Although the terms toad and frog refer to different animals belonging to different genuses, some students ________ the two.

10. How much would you ________ for repairing my watch?

11. ________ going to the party.

12. The cow had lost its own calf, but the farmer persuaded it to ________ one whose mother had died.

13. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he ________ it before.

14. When he was questioned by the police, the thief didn't ________ the truth.

15. The old man asked her to move because he ________ in that chair.