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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.






2. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.






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






4. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.






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






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






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






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






9. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.






10. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.






11. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.






12. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.






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






14. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.






15. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.






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






17. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.






18. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.






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






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






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






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






23. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.






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






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






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






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






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






29. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.






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






31. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.






32. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.






33. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.






34. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.






35. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.






36. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.






37. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'






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






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






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






41. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.






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






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






44. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.






45. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.






46. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.






47. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.






48. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.






49. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.






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