Chubb is a dog with simple tastes. He likes to eat, _________ and play.
sleep
sleep,
His favorite foods are anything, _____________ and whatever you're eating.
everything
everything,
Chubb's favorite games are chase, _________ and catch.
fetch
fetch,
In the game of chase, Jarrett gets out the leash, Chubb runs _________ and Jarrett chases him.
away
away,
In the game of fetch, Jarrett throws a stick, Chubb looks at the stick, Chubb looks back at ___________ and Jarrett fetches the stick.
Jarrett
Jarrett,
In the game of catch, Jarrett throws a ball to Chubb, Chubb watches it bounce past _______ and Jarrett runs after the ball.
him
him,
For a while, Chubb's favorite foods were ham, ______ and ham and eggs.
eggs
eggs,
Then his three favorite foods were ham and eggs, _______ and ham.
eggs
eggs,
On special occasions, Chubb is unable to choose among ham and eggs, macaroni and ___________ and lobster with truffles. He just eats it all.
cheese
cheese,
Chubb prefers to have his meat cooked but not overdone, salted but not too _______ and warm but not hot.
much
much,
Comma in a complex series:
Today Jarrett had to decide whether to try to persuade the dog trainer to take Chubb back as a pupil, whether to ask his friends if they could recommend a more tolerant __________ or whether to give up the idea of training Chubb altogether.
trainer
trainer,
By the end of the session, the overconfident dog trainer had employed behaviorist conditioning on Chubb by strategically rewarding him with treats, knelt alongside Chubb whispering nonsense words in a soothing voice, screamed at Chubb and threatened him with _______________ and lain there pounding his fists on the floor while whimpering in frustration. Nothing worked.
strangulation
strangulation,
Semicolon where items in series contain commas.
Chubb likes to eat, sleep and play; play, sleep and eat; eat, play and _________sleep, play and eat. I could go on, but you get the idea.
sleep,
sleep;
Neighborhood animals include Lass, 2, a collie from Championship Breeders; Chubb, about 4, a bulldog from the city _________and Mordred, age unknown, a cat of indeterminate origin.
dump,
dump;
In attandance were Jarrett, 22, a senior from Sneads; Linda, 20, a junior from Boca __________and Chubb, about 4, from the city dump.