I was homesick during the whole of my term in St. Peter’s. Homesickness is a bit like seasickness.
You don’t ....(1)....(know) how awful it is till you get it, and when you do, it ....2....(hit) you right in
the top of the stomach and you feel miserable. The only comfort is that both homesickness and
seasickness are instantly curable. The first.....3....(go) away the moment you walk out of the
school grounds and the second.....4....(forget) as soon as the ship enters the port. I was so
devastatingly homesick during my first two weeks that I set about.....5.....(devise) a stunt for
getting myself sent back home. My idea was that I should all of a sudden develop an attack of
acute appendicitis. You will probably....6.....(think) it silly that a nine-year-old boy
should.....7....(imagine) he could get away with a trick like that, but I.....8......(have) sound reasons
for trying it out.
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I was homesick during the whole of my term in St. Peter’s. Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don’t ....(1) know (know) how awful it is till you get it, and when you do, it ....2 hits (hit) you right in the top of the stomach and you feel miserable. The only comfort is that both homesickness and seasickness are instantly curable. The first.....3 goes (go) away the moment you walk out of the school grounds and the second.....4 is forgotten as soon as the ship enters the port. I was so devastatingly homesick during my first two weeks that I set about.....5 devising (devise) a stunt for getting myself sent back home. My idea was that I should all of a sudden develop an attack of acute appendicitis. You will probably....6 think (think) it silly that a nine-year-old boy should.....7 have imagined (imagine) he could get away with a trick like that, but I.....8 had (have) sound reasons for trying it out.
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