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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.






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






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






9. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.






10. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.






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






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






13. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.






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






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






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






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






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






19. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.






20. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.






21. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.






22. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.






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






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






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






26. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of _____ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.






47. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.






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






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






50. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.