The old couple wanted to sell their house and ______ it in a newspaper.

She put the sugar and butter into a bowl and ________ them up.

 At last, we found ourselves at the foot of a hill with trees providing shade and      ________  down to eat our picnic lunch.

When the young man was shown the evidence, he _______ and told everything he had done to the police. 

2.The flowers were so lovely that they ____ in no time.