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

1. I met a_________ from an antique land.
2. I need special_________ in mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject.
3. The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy__________ to Issac Newton.
4. His other problems ________ into insignificance beside this unforeseen mis­hap.
5. The meeting was by the youngest member of the board.
6. Some people say 'yours________ 'when they informally refer to themselves.
7. I wish it had been a________ We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least.