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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.






2. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.






3. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.






4. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?






5. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.






6. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.






7. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.






8. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.






9. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.






10. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.






11. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.






12. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.






13. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.






14. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






15. Matilda thought it was somewhat _____ of the young man to have addressed her without first having been introduced. Perhaps manners were freer here in the New World.






16. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.






17. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.






18. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.






19. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.






20. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.






21. All things change over time; nothing is _____.






22. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.






23. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.






24. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.






25. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.






26. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.






27. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.






28. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?






29. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.






30. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.






31. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






32. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.






33. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.






34. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.






35. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.






36. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.






37. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?






38. Because solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and increase energy efficiency - conversion to the use of solar energy may help _____ the threat of global warming.






39. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.






40. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.






41. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.






42. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.






43. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.






44. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.






45. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.






46. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.






47. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.






48. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.






49. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.






50. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.