THE SUM OF ITS PARTS II

Fill the blanks in the sentences below so that the first two words combine to form the third word.

Example:
The prime minister _ _ _ the meeting even though the _ _ _ _ was the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ official.
The prime minister RAN the meeting, even though the KING was the RANKING official.

1. My dog will _ _ _ his tail if we put him _ _ the _ _ _ _ _.

2. "Going to _ _ _ in winter is just not safe, " said the father to his _ _ _ , "It's just a dangerous _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

3. Please _ _ _ that trash outside and get _ _ _ of it. It smells _ _ _ _ _ _ .

4. " _ _ honest," I told her. "I _ _ ," she answered, with

a _ _ _ _ in her eye.

5. Put the shopping _ _ _ _ back _ _ the truck, and the

_ _ _ _ _ _ of spare wheels too.

6. The _ _ _ was exposed to the radioactive _ _ _ , and then given its _ _ _ _ _ _ of food.

7. I'll leave the clothes in the _ _ _ to _ _ _ , while I shop for a few _ _ _ _ _ _ items.

8. Her hair fell onto the _ _ _ as each _ _ _ _ _ was cut, until there was a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of golden curls on the floor.

9. The girls _ _ _ together _ _ a circle making their

_ _ _ _ _ dresses.

Answers:

1. wag/on - wagon

2. sea/son - season

3. put/rid - putrid

4. Be/am - beam

5. cart/on - carton

6. rat/ion - ration

7. sun/dry - sundry

8. mat/tress - mattress

9. sat/in - satin