Fill in the blanks in the sentences below using the appropriate forms of the words given in the following box.

guide, succeed, chair, travel, pale, draw, true

(i) I met a …………………… from an antique land.

(ii) I need special …………………. in mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject.

(iii) The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy ………………….. to Issac Newton.

(iv) His other problems ……………………. into insignificance beside this unforeseen mishap.

(v) The meeting was ………………… by the youngest member of the board.

(vi) Some people say ‘yours ……………………’ when they informally refer to themselves.

(vii) I wish it had been a …… …………….. match.
We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least.