Cloze Exercise – A Toothache and a String of Unfortunate Events

1. Waking Up to Disaster: Mark’s Painful Morning

Host: You ever have one of those mornings where everything goes --select-- sideways crooked backwards upside before you even get out the door?

Picture this: Mark wakes up with a toothache --select-- from hell from heaven of fire in pain . Like, one of those aches that just throbs in your jaw.

Guest: Oh, I’ve been there! It’s like your whole day is doomed from the start. And with tooth pain, it feels like your brain is rattling in your skull. So, Mark calls his dentist --select-- in a panic in a hurry with fear by accident , right?

Host: Exactly! He’s lucky—his dentist squeezes him in, but there’s a catch: don’t be late or you’re out of luck until tomorrow. No pressure! So Mark, even though his tooth is throbbing, grabs his toothbrush. He can’t face the dentist with gross breath.

Guest: That's a true commitment to personal hygiene. He brushes, it’s agony, but he manages, grabs his coat and dashes outside. That’s when things really start to --select-- unravel finish improve connect .

Host: Yeah, it goes from bad to --select-- slapstick comedy perfect day quiet story normal life in seconds. You can just tell it’s going to be one of those stories.

2. A Crow, Shiny Keys, and a Muddy Disaster

Guest: So as Mark’s rushing, he gets to his car and—nothing. No beep, no welcome. He’s locked out because his key fob is inside. You can almost hear that --select-- sinking feeling rising hope happy thought strong idea , right?

Host: Totally. He races back to the house, and then the scene turns from one chaotic event to another. He trips, his keys go flying, and before he even gets a chance to react, a huge crow swoops in and snatches them up!

Guest: You're right, things went from bad to --select-- worse better best good in a flash. A crafty crow! Out of nowhere, takes Mark's keys. He tries to swipe at the bird but instead, he face-plants into a mud puddle.

Guest: But little did he know, things were about to get even messier—literally and figuratively. He grabs a ladder to get into an unlocked window upstairs, but he reaches for the window, and ... like Humpty Dumpty ... has a great fall. Luckily there were bushes below — sticker bushes ... Ouch!

3. Neighborly Rescue: When Bad Luck Meets Good People

Host: So there’s Mark, muddy and scratched up, crawling out of the bushes. To say he was disheveled would be an understatement. I'm sure he was ready to call it --select-- quits starts days end .

Host: Honestly, I can’t blame Tom for wanting to laugh. Mark explaining the whole absurd morning while looking like he survived a mudslide must’ve been --select-- a sight a smell a sound a taste .

Guest: That’s real neighbor spirit. Tom just shrugs off the mess and says, 'That’s what good neighbors are for.' It’s such a perfect ending after all that chaos. Sometimes your luck turns around in the most unexpected way.