Activity Business Correspondence

1. When Delores realized that her father had made lima beans and rice for dinner, she _____, claimed to feel nauseous, and excused herself from the table. The bag of stale popcorn in her room would tide her over until breakfast.

• clutched her stomach

• was clutching her stomach

• did clutch her stomach

Not only did Hank despise the way June chewed with her mouth open, _____ finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor.

• but also disliked

• but also disliking

• but he also disliked

To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or _________.

• refuses to scrub the bathtub

• won't scrub the bathtub

• scrub the bathtub

When Diane takes her beagle for a walk, Santana enjoys sniffing for edible garbage,
_______, and lunging at squirrels.

• howls at bicyclists

• howling at bicyclists

• she howls at bicyclists

After Amanda cashes her paycheck, the money goes to her savings account, cappuccino fund, and ______.

• paying her credit card bill

• toward her credit card balance

• credit card balance

In preparation for her run, Alicia _____, applied sunscreen, and inserted her earbuds.

• tightened her shoelaces

• was tightening her shoelaces

• did tighten her shoelaces

We searched for the car trunk, ____, and the top of the refrigerator, but we could not find the box of cornflakes that we do remember buying.

• looked on the pantry shelves

• on the pantry shelves

• the pantry shelves

She _______ the report since this morning. (read)

German _______ in Austria. (speak)

Cricket is __________ in Australia every summer.