Complete the Word

In each of the sentences below, your challenge is to find the missing word. There is a three-
letter word missing from the word in capitals. You must choose the missing three-letter word
to complete the word.

Example:
Zain turned the COMER on to complete his homework.

pat pet put pot

The missing word would be PUT to make the word COMPUTER.

Circle the missing word in the questions below:

1. The man APRED from over the hill.

red pea tea not

2. Amy was excited to launch her own INESS.

bus tin net lip

3. You need to CONUE working hard to achieve your goals.

tin net dot kit

4. The post arrived LY on Saturday.

ear bar mat arm

5. Everyone waited in POION ready for the show to start.

sat not sit tan

6. The family ENED their trip to the beach.

pet mat joy cup

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7. The scientist gathered EVICE to support their theory.
den ten dot sit

8. The children had a large APITE so ate all of their dinner.

pen pet rag met

9. The dog ran around the garden FTICALLY.

top ace age ran

10. John PRISED his violin every night.

act ran age eve

11. The garden was PIALLY shaded by the tree.

cup act gum art

12. We might not go to the park; it DEDS on the weather.

low pen ate men

13. The school sets a REAABLE amount of homework.

bar ash son sit

14. Kate won the race at her swimming COMITION.

pet man are ate

15. The house has a lot of POTIAL for improvement.

one ten two six

16. They walked past the CEERY on their way home from school.
low put bid met

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17. The teacher checked the work for GRAMICAL errors.
man joy den mat

18. Walking through the brambles, the thorns SCCHED my skin.

art rat men put

19. The water in the pond was very SHAL.

ant low ran sit

20. In order to not wake up the baby, Mum and Dad WPERED.
her him his has

21. The children RD against each other in the playground.

pen ace son rat

22. I am an AMUR baker.

ate art ant act

23. There was more rain than AVER last year.

eve ten age bar

24. Josie gets EMRASSED easily.

man den bar bat

25. The afternoon PERFORCE of the play got a standing ovation.

met mat men man

Total

25

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1. pea 16. met

2. bus 17. mat

3. tin 18. rat

4. ear 19. low

5. sit 20. his

6. joy 21. ace

7. den 22. ate

8. pet 23. age

9. ran 24. bar

10. act 25. man

11. art

12. pen

13. son

14. pet

15. ten

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