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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. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.






2. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.






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






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






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






6. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.






7. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house - I decided to _____ my offer to let them use our summer cottage over spring break.






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






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






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






11. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.






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






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






14. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.






15. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.






16. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.






17. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.






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






26. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.






27. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.






28. This alleged fiscal crisis is no crisis at all. it is based on _____ claims about financial institutions and on scare stories about impending economic ruin.






29. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.






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






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






32. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.






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






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






45. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.






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






47. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him






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






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






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