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






3. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.






4. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.






5. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.






6. 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.






7. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.






8. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!






9. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.






10. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.






11. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.






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






13. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.






14. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.






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






16. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.






17. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.






18. 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.






19. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'






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






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






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






23. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.






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






25. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich






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






27. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.






28. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.






29. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.






30. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.






31. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.






32. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.






33. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.






34. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.






35. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.






36. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.






37. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.






38. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.






39. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.






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






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






42. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.






43. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.






44. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.






45. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.






46. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.






47. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.






48. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.






49. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.






50. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.