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Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level - Story
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1. One long hot summer I turned ....... waiting as my method of getting cash.
2. I had of course turned my hand ....... many jobs during the vacation periods but waiting was certainly the most difficult.
3. Perhaps I should turn that word 'waiting' ....... a more specific explanation: I mean being a waiter in a hotel.
4. Apparently she had completely forgotten that she'd already eaten breakfast that day. I turned ....... to hide my smile.
5. One morning an old lady turned ....... at the dining room and sat down.
6. It had been a very large private house that had been turned ....... a small hotel for twenty-five guests.
7. She sniffed at the air full of breakfast smells - got up - turned ....... and walked out again.
8. The tramp turned ....... to be a distant relative but hadn't said anything to the old lady because he knew she was completely deaf.
9. Sadly Doris had already turned her back ....... me and gone back to the kitchen.
10. 'You'll be like that one day' she continued - Just you wait'. I turned ....... to apologize.
11. I suppose breakfast is the most difficult task to turn your hand ....... because there are so many variations of drink - cereal - egg and bread.
12. However - as she told me frequently - she had no intention of turning ....... an old fogey herself.
13. These days I wish I could turn the clock ....... and tell Doris how right she was!
14. You see I've just turned all the lights ....... ready for the night.
15. She rather turned ....... me after that.
16. The other problem had been to turn ....... an old tramp who had lived in a room upstairs for two years without the knowledge of the old lady who was the original owner.
17. In fact they were actually turning ....... people.
18. The waiting was done by me and Doris - who should have turned it ....... years ago and by rights have been a guest herself because of the great age.
19. Most students have to try and earn extra money by taking a holiday job. They turn ....... their studies and experience the real world for a while.
20. I'm now ready to turn ....... for the night but the worrying thing is I just can't remember what I had for supper.
21. When I turned ....... for work on my first day - the hotel had already been flourishing for 5 years.
22. They were so successful that they were even turning ....... bookings.
23. You had to stand there for ages while each guest made up their mind - turning ....... the choices in their minds.
24. You turned ....... the drive and saw only hills all around you so it felt like the middle of nowhere.
25. Most of the residents were elderly and so they all invariably turned ....... early most evenings.

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