8.1.
● I hope to … a role in the school play that is going to be staged next month.
● Many people doubted that NASA would manage to … the Curiosity rover on Mars.
● If you throw the stone as hard as you can, it will … in that pond with a loud splash.

8.2.
● The Data Protection Act came into … on 1 March 2000 in the United Kingdom.
● Ambition was the driving … behind his plans for taking the company over.
● Eventually, the police had to resort to brute … to dissuade the protesters.

8.3.
● I’m awfully sorry! I … to give you a ring yesterday, but I just clean forgot.
● Getting into shape would have … working out and changing my eating habits, so I gave up before I even started.
● He was … to finish the report two weeks ago, but he hasn’t even started.

8.4.
● It’s … foolishness to go on holiday without buying an insurance policy.
● So as not to be recognized, the officers had to work in … clothes when they were following the dangerous suspect.
● It’s … to see that their strategy to save the company has failed.

8.5.
● It is our code of conduct to deal … with all our business partners, to be loyal and respectful to them.
● Julie is … sure that she has passed her driving test, but she’s anxiously waiting to receive the result.
● I can thoroughly recommend this course – the fees are … priced and the standard of teaching is really high.