Fill in the gaps with the appropriate particle. on my last day at school, gerald asked me to marry him. as you can imagine, i felt tremendously flattered. but i turned him (9). i told him i was just too young to settle (10). i needed more time to think things (11). for the next few months we played a sort of game. he kept (12) proposing and i kept (13) saying “no”. but then one night – it was may 10th – everything changed. i told my father i was going to a poetry reading in the local town hall. in fact, i slipped (14) of the side door and went to the cinema with gerald. when the film was over, we caught the last bus home but – along the way – the bus broke (15) and all the passengers had to get (16) and walk. it was now two o’clock in the morning. i took (17) my key and let myself (18) as quietly as i could. my father was waiting for me in the hall. he normally went to bed at about eleven but – that night – he’d decided to (19) until i come (20).

As you can imagine, I felt tremendously flattered. But I turned him __down___ (9). I told him I was just too young to settle ___in__ (10). I needed more time to think things ___over___ (11). For the next few months we played a sort of game. He kept on___ (12) proposing and I kept ___on__ (13) saying “no”. But then one night – it was May 10th – everything changed. I told my father I was going to a poetry reading in the local Town Hall. In fact, I slipped __out__ (14) of the side door and went to the cinema with Gerald. When the film was over, we caught the last bus home but – along the way – the bus broke ___down__ (15) and all the passengers had to get __off (16) and walk.
It was now two o’clock in the morning. I took __out___ (17) my key and let myself ___in___ (18) as quietly as I could. My father was waiting for me in the hall. He normally went to bed at about eleven but – that night – he’d decided to stay___up__ (19) until I come __back___ (20).