CF FCEfs Vocabulary

Half an hour into the race, I was feeling tired and ______ for some water from volunteers in support boats.

I couldn’t ____ feeling my friends had overestimated how enjoyable the training was.

My classmates started training, and over the following week, they ____ me to have a go, too.

As the day of the race ____ near, we spent time at the lake, getting used to the water temperature.

What immediately ______ obvious was how tricky it was to see ahead in the water.

Had the _______ been going for a quick swim, I might have been tempted.

Our school didn’t win the race, but our sense of _______ was more fulfilling than any prize

They _____ sessions at the local pool sound like the best laugh they’d had in ages.

I love swimming, but when my school sports teacher suggested our class _____ part in an open water swimming challenge, I didn’t immediately jump at the chance.

I should ____ been thinking about the race, but there was just so much to look at.

Once we were in the water everyone would do their own thing, _____ it wasn’t an individual competition.

He _____ techniques for keeping going should tiredness set in during the race.

Eventually, the race day _____ and, together with my class, I took my position at the start.

I’m not into inter-schools sports events, and not being competitive either, there was _____ to make me sign up.

I wasn’t in the best physical condition compared ___ some of those who raced regularly.

Getting into open water where I live – at a _____ lake – means getting cold.

The instructor was patient and encouraging, though, _____ us to swim a little further each day.