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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.






2. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.






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






4. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.






5. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.






15. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.






16. 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.






17. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.






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






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






20. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.






21. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.






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






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






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






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






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






34. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.






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






36. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.






37. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.






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






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






40. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.






48. 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.






49. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.






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