Completing the Sentence;Unit 11-Gr. 8

CHOOSE THE WORD THAT BEST COMPLETES THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

After our bitter quarrel, my brother tried to ________ me by offering to lend me his bicycle.

• mediate

• appease

• ensue

Without trying to ______________________ deeply into the reasons for their conduct, just briefly describe what they did.

• delve

• appease

• impart

He ____________________ us with food, drink, and endless stories.

• cited

• regaled

• ensued

Some people will never do the ____________________ thing when it is possible to behave in a shocking way.

• energetic

• morose

• conventional

I don't like listening to other people quarrel, so sometimes i try to _____________________their disagreements.

• appease

• regale

• mediate

Two of the teenagers acted as ___________________ while a third tried to take the game without payment.

• decoys

• quirks

• perts

After several owners made additions to the house, the end result was so ___________________ no one would buy it.

• outlandish

• calamitous

• overbearing

Giving up your buss seat to an elderly person is a sign of __________________________.

• appeasement

• gallantry

• conventionalism

Having grown up in a ____________________where children were "seen and not heard", my grandfather is perplexed about the outspoken behavior of today's youth.

• milieu

• quirk

• ambassador

A good teacher can give you knowledge and skills but cannot impart ________________ that comes with experience.

• convention

• calamity

• wisdom