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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"/>
<media type="none"/><head><title>Sentence Match</title><task>Type in the word missing from the sentences.</task></head>
<body findword="thing">
<item><text>As _____s stand at present, he seems certain to win.</text></item>
<item><text>He asked me how _____s were going.</text></item>
<item><text>I just don't know if _____s are going to work out.</text></item>
<item><text>We were in trouble but now _____s are looking up.</text></item>
<item><text>There was a week to go to the deadline and _____s were looking good.</text></item>
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