MISSING LINK XLV

Each trio of words below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Shift..........Ball..........Figure
2. Sunday..........Nursery..........Grade
3. Read..........Dial..........Skate
4. Point..........Gauge..........Cooker
5. Control..........Ivory..........Cell phone
6. Minded..........Ended..........Handed
7. Food..........Floor..........Change
8. Bird..........Bank..........Angel
9. Think..........Fish..........Gas
10. Fishing..........Fuel..........Starting

Answers:

1. Stick
2. School
3. Speed
4. Pressure 
5. Kinds of towers
6. Open 
7. Sea
8. Snow 
9. Kinds of tanks
10. Kinds of lines