Language focus Words in use 3 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. Each word can be used only once. commence, deserve, tempt, coordinate, lodge, confess, grant, proceed, display, consequently 1 When the police caught up with him, Mr Foster had to ________ that he’d broken the speed limit. 2 Whenever my boss makes a decision that I don't agree with, I tell him what I really think, though it's ________ to make him happy by telling him his ideas are always right. 3 As can be probably perceived, a manned trip to Mars may soon ________ since scientists have achieved the manned moon mission. 4 A number of countries are ________ efforts to send out food to the area worst affected by the flood. 5 State governments and the colleges themselves have ________ financial help to students with special abilities and those with financial needs. 6 The committee agreed that his papers ________ a wider circulation because of their essential and fundamental interest to a larger audience. 7 The anger and frustration ________ by the local people who do not understand what is happening to them will be a terrible and dangerous force. 8 Americans defend the right to obtain a gun, and they have ________ been willing to turn a blind eye to the harm that people owning guns have caused. 9 As the finance ministry rejected the deal for its "lack of clarity", it ________ a complaint with the European Commission that this deal was against the law. 10 Dogs cannot distinguish the color of traffic lights, so the master must make the decision of when it is safe to ________ across the road.