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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.






2. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.






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






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






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






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






7. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.






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






13. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.






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






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






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






17. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.






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






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






20. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?






21. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.






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






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






24. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.






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






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






27. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?






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






29. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.






30. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.






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






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






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






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






35. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.






36. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.






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






38. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.






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






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






41. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.






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






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






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






45. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






46. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.






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






48. 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.






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






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