"oat"s
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     All of the following missing words end in the sound "oat". All are of one syllable only.


1.   You ___ it down in your notebook last week.

2.   On very old coinage, a ___ was worth a third of a shilling.

3.   Ermine is the fur taken from a ___, being different in winter and summer.

4.   He ___ the anvil with a great blow as if Thor had thundered!

5.   Clever people often ___ famous authors when explaining something.

6.   Most learning in Chinese schools is "by ___" - repeating facts time and time again.

7.   Doves in great houses often lived in a dove-___.

8.   Before speaking he cleared his ___.

9.   Cast out first the ___ in thine own eye.

10,  Cattle ___ is a rather nasty, smelly disease.

11.  Criminals often ___ over large hauls obtained by thieving.

12.  He had to put the bung back in so the kayak would ___.

13.  He heaved the ___ onto the shore to stop it floating away.

14.  "You need to give that a second ___," said his wife when the paint dried badly.

15.  His ___ in the election was invalid.

16.  Computer software which is very large is sometimes known as ___-ware.

17.  "Plop" went his ___ under the surface as the fish caught the bait.

18.  Mothers often ___ on their babies.

19.  One can often see a ___ tethered by the road-side in NZ.

20.  "Take ___ of the fresh paint; don't touch it as it is wet", he warned.

21.  Putting on his ___ against the cold, he went outside.

22.  She had her ___ bag swinging over her shoulder.

23.  Surrounding the castle was an empty ___.

24.  "Take a ___, Miss Smith," the boss said.

25.  In everyday speech the word 'quotation' is often abbreviated to '___'.