Close Exercise:
An awful thing _happened_________ on Monday night. Mother had been gone about ten ___minutes_________ and I was washing the _dishes _to the sound of Radio One when there was a knock at the _door_____. I dried my ___hands________on the tea-towel, switched off the______radio_______ and when I opened up Scott ____was__________ on the step.
“Surprise!’ There was a sheepish ___look________ behind his smile. I didn't __smile ______ back. I _________was_______shocked for one thing, and for another he_____didn’t________ deserve a smile.
‘I told you not to _____come_______here,’ I hissed. ‘How’d you _____know_________I’d answer and not Father?’
“ I ________watched______ him drive off, Martha. Saw your ____mum______leave too. I’m not daft.”
“You are, Scott.______you____ are daft, or you wouldn’t___be ___ here” I glanced up and down the road. ‘You better go ___before______ somebody ___sees____ you.’