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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.






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






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






4. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.






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






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






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






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






9. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.






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






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






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






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






14. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.






15. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.






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






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






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






19. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.






29. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.






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






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






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






33. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.






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






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






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






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






38. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.






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






40. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.






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






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






43. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.






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






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






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






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






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






49. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.






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