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Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level - Christmas Postman
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Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level - Christmas Postman
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1. With a life time of ....... in doing all the walks in the town.
2. I was beginning to feel like a ....... Father Christmas.
3. The shouts of joy coming from some houses as I put the mail through the letter ....... made up for the discomfort and.
4. It was all a question of ....... - he said and then he explained
5. As he had been very busy in his house since two that morning ....... of a burst water pipe - he went to have a rest.
6. My main ....... for becoming a temporary postman during the Christmas holiday period.
7. I did just that but in my ....... I dropped a small packet that fell into a puddle.
8. He left me alone for an hour to follow his method and asked me to call him if I ....... any difficulties.
9. and thought I was depriving a young child of his Christmas present from some loving ........
10. who ....... it was a part-time job because it was all finished by mid-day.
11. Ted was always calm and optimistic. He never let himself get ....... by the job.
12. These letters should be put to one side and old Charlie - the handwriting ....... - would look through them later.
13. At first I got on famously finding the right pigeonholes - checking Ted's list and putting the letters in ........
14. expecting to hear a happy ....... of surprise from young Richard. As I hurried away
15. He didn't want any of his ....... to imagine that being a postman was an easy job.
16. the moment I got into the ....... office.
17. clutching the precious bundle in my hand I ....... it through the letter box
18. Master Richard! When will that woman realise I'm over fifty and can't ....... knitted socks!
19. After about two hours of this my internal battery started to get low and I found myself losing ........
20. I knew if I told Ted he would talk a lot about being strictly against the rules but I was convinced it didn't ........\
21. to the sound of the ....... dog - I knocked by accident the garden gate just in time to hear a voice shouting:
22. And what was more ....... I had got no money.
23. Once out in the open air I experienced a violent ....... but soon the sun came out.
24. I didn't have the courage to make another assault on the house. Instead I took it home to ....... it out.
25. I rubbed the package with a towel and went quickly again to number 56 hurrying down the path in the true ........of the season -