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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.






2. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.






3. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.






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






5. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






12. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!






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






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






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






16. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.






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






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






19. 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.






20. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.






21. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.






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






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






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






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






27. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.






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






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






30. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.






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






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






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






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






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






36. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.






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






38. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.






39. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.






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






41. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.






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






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






44. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.






45. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.






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






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






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






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






50. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.