Easy-confused words (Optimise, 11 Form)

Some people say you shouldn’t try to  _____ the impossible.  

They made Max captain of the team because he had _______ the respect of the players.

The _______ criminal had his photograph in all of the newspapers. 

I’ve got a few______ to do but I’ll be free in about an hour

If you make more _______ , you can improve your marks.

Louise ________ the match but she was happy enough with the way she’d played. 

‘We are going to  _______this bus.’ ‘Don’t worry – there’ll be another one in ten minutes.’

When you  _______ an exam at my school, you have to retake it in the summer holidays.

I’m looking for a part-time _______ to make some money.

It took a huge _______ to finish all this work in time.

Joe never ______ a single day of school