Question

➤Sentence Check 1 Using the answer line provided, complete each item below with the correct word from the box. Use cach word once. a. ambiguous f. Inane b dissident g. Juxtapose embellish h. lethargy d. fritter i. sporadic 1. Instead of refreshing me, an afternoon nap only deepens my up even sleepier than I was before. 2. I get news of Darren only now and then, in mother. 3. A research grant will elderly. e Inadvertentu J. subsidize 4. My recent trip to Newark was 5. Tracy has learned the hard way not to friends who don't really care about her in return. ; I wake letters from him or his Belinda's study of common fears among the I got on the wrong train. away hèr time and affection on 6. My little brother has (e)d his bedroom ceiling with stars arranged like several of the constellations. 7. In plays and movies, good and evil characters are often (e)d. This contrast makes the good ones seem even better and the bad ones seem even worse. 8. When student s led a protest against China's communist leaders in 1989, some students were killed by government troops. 9. Checking-a job applicant's references, the personnel manager was puzzled by one comment: "You will be lucky if you can get her to work for you." 10. Steve Martin was poking fun at ideas for products when he said, "I got a fur sink, an electric dog polisher, a gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater-and, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too."​

Answer 1

1. Instead of refreshing me, an afternoon nap only deepens my lethargy, making me even sleepier than I was before.

2. I get news of Darren only now and then, in sporadic intervals.

3. A research grant will subsidize the study of common fears among the elderly.

4. My recent trip to Newark was inane.

5. Tracy has learned the hard way not to fritter away her time and affection on friends who don't really care about her in return.

6. My little brother has embellished his bedroom ceiling with stars arranged like several of the constellations.

7. In plays and movies, good and evil characters are often juxtaposed. This contrast makes the good ones seem even better and the bad ones seem even worse.

8. When students led a protest against China's communist leaders in 1989, some students were killed by government troops.

9. Checking a job applicant's references, the personnel manager was puzzled by one comment: "You will be lucky if you can get her to work for you."

10. Steve Martin was poking fun at ideas for products when he said, "I got a fur sink, an electric dog polisher, a gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater - and, of course, I bought some dumb stuff too."