How was Jackson going to ________ rid of Simon? That was the question that had kept him awake for the previous three nights, and which he pondered as he now walked home from work. It had all started so innocently, as a favour to a friend., have, get, take, set, ‘Could you put me _________, Jackson?’ Simon had asked. ‘Just for a couple of nights.’ Jackson of course had said yes, thinking that it would be just for two nights., in, out, over, up, How wrong he had been. Now, more than four months on, Simon was still in the flat and there seemed little evidence to suggest he was _________ to leave. The evidence, in fact, pointed to quite the opposite conclusion., intending, assuming, devising, conceiving, Simon seemed to have _________ in so comfortably, Jackson wondered sometimes if it was actually Simon’s flat, and he, Jackson, was the one staying there as the guest., settled, established, launched, relaxed, Jackson knew he should _________ his feelings clear to Simon – that he valued his own privacy, that he didn’t want to live with someone else on a permanent basis, that he felt Simon was abusing his hospitality – but the truth was he was scared., convey, express, make, tell, Not scared of how Simon would react physically, but scared that Simon would take offence, and would _________ him of being selfish and not caring about a friend who was in trouble. And Simon was in trouble., charge, condemn, blame, accuse, With no job, no money and nowhere else to stay, where would Simon go if Jackson ________ him out? ‘Maybe I am being selfish,’ Jackson thought, ‘but the situation can’t go on like this.’, let, sent, threw, did, He made the decision to bring the subject up sometime that evening. ‘I won’t ask him to leave immediately,’ he reasoned. ‘That would be unfair, and would put him in a difficult ________., location, position, point, site, But I’ll explain that the whole arrangement was meant to be _______, has gone on for a very long time now, and that, while it’s been nice having Simon as a flatmate, it just can’t go on indefinitely.’, temporary, provisional, momentary, casual, For the rest of the walk home, he ______ exactly what he was going to say., practised, rehearsed, run through, ground

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