1. He described the .......... very carefully.

2. The first thing was to be .......... since you started at a time when most people were asleep.

3. Immediately you arrived you had to start sorting the mail into different pigeon......

4. Sometimes you found some .......... handwriting and didn't know where the letter should go.

5. He was always criticising teachers for not teaching children to write ..........

6. These letters should be put to one side and old Charlie, the handwriting .......... would look through them later.

7. The next .......... was to draw some cold water, fill the kettle and make a cup of tea.

8. Ted was always calm and optimistic. He never let himself get .......... by the job.

9. He left me alone for an hour to follow his method and asked me to call him if I .......... any difficulties.

10. As he had been very busy in his house since two that morning .......... of a burst water pipe, he went to have a rest.