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Question
Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase given in the bracket in its appropriate form.
(startle, catch sight of, overload, water, pass)
I had seen asparagus in the shops, my mouth often ______ at the sight of them.
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Solution
I had seen asparagus in the shops, my mouth often watered at the sight of them.
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