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Weeks 31-35 sentences

Total questions: 119

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When I was a kid my mom told me not bring up _________ topics like politics at family gatherings because it can start an argument.
a)
controversial
b)
cooperative
c)
elaborate
d)
grueling
2.
It is really hard to do a toddler's hair if they are not being _______and fight you instead.
a)
cooperative
b)
elaborate
c)
grueling
d)
inoperable
3.
She came up with this ________ story with many strange details to explain why she didn't do her homework.
a)
elaborate
b)
grueling
c)
inoperable
d)
laborious
4.
We went on a _________ hike up a very steep path and I was sore for a week, but the pictures I took from the top of the mountain were worth the tortuous trek.
a)
grueling
b)
inoperable
c)
laborious
d)
operative
5.
The tumor was_______ because of where it was located, but thankfully it was benign so while it couldn't be removed, it wasn't dangerous.
a)
inoperable
b)
laborious
c)
operative
d)
tacky
6.
Putting beads on the dress was a _______ task that took a long time, but when it was done it was worth all the work.
a)
laborious
b)
operative
c)
tacky
d)
cache
7.
I had to remind her that the _____ word in the sentence was "accurate," not "quickly" when I asked her to quickly and accurately describe what happened.
a)
operative
b)
tacky
c)
cache
d)
canvas
8.
Many people think it is ______ to wear a white fancy dress to someone else's wedding.
a)
tacky
b)
cache
c)
canvas
d)
collaborator
9.
Sapphy has a ________ of candy in her room so that Emmy won't eat it all,
a)
cache
b)
canvas
c)
collaborator
d)
composition
10.
Her new hobby is painting on __________ shoes like Converse or Vans.
a)
canvas
b)
collaborator
c)
composition
d)
confirmation
11.
In Google Docs or Slides you can add someone as a ____________ by hitting "share" and giving them editing rights.
a)
collaborator
b)
composition
c)
confirmation
d)
controversy
12.
She was very proud when the teacher asked her to share her _________ with the class. She had put a lot of effort into her writing and was happy that the teacher thought she did a good job.
a)
composition
b)
confirmation
c)
controversy
d)
pelt
13.
When you order something online, they send you an email __________ that they got your order and your payment was approved.
a)
confirmation
b)
controversy
c)
pelt
d)
reputation
14.
There is _____ over if people should have to get the Covid-19 vaccination because not everyone agrees.
a)
controversy
b)
pelt
c)
reputation
d)
technicality
15.
The fur traders would sell________s to people who used them to make shoes, hats and clothing.
a)
pelt
b)
reputation
c)
technicality
d)
technician
16.
The teacher had a ________ for being very strict.
a)
reputation
b)
technicality
c)
technician
d)
technique
17.
The criminal got off on a ________ because of a mistake the police made with the paperwork.
a)
technicality
b)
technician
c)
technique
d)
muddle
18.
When the refrigerator stopped working we had to call a ________ because we have no idea how to fix refrigerators.
a)
technician
b)
technique
c)
muddle
d)
belabor
19.
She learned the painting________ from a TikTok and used it to create beautiful paintings that she gave to people as gifts.
a)
technique
b)
muddle
c)
belabor
d)
bisect
20.
Sometimes I ______ the details from different stories that I heard from people and get confused about who said what.
a)
muddle
b)
cooperative
c)
controversial
d)
canvass
21.
I hate it when people _______ the point when telling someone about a mistake they made because when they go on and on about it, it just makes them feel bad.
a)
belabor
b)
elaborate
c)
cooperative
d)
collaborate
22.
The mountain lion was killed when he crossed the highway that _______ed his territory.
a)
bisect
b)
grueling
c)
elaborate
d)
confirm
23.
After the gate was left open we had to __________ the neighborhood looking for our dog.
a)
canvass
b)
inoperable
c)
grueling
d)
fret
24.
I was so happy when I found out that we were all going to be in school 5 days a week because it makes it so much easier to _______ on our work.
a)
collaborate
b)
laborious
c)
inoperable
d)
glare
25.
The teacher texted the parent to ______ that the student had left their History notebook with their notes at home on the table.
a)
confirm
b)
operative
c)
laborious
d)
pelt
26.
When she forgot her wallet, her friend told her not to _____, that she wanted to treat her to lunch so she didn't need to worry about having money.
a)
fret
b)
tacky
c)
operative
d)
Recuperate
27.
When she is mad she doesn't yell, she will just _______ at you until you go away. You can tell by the look in her eyes that she wants to hurt you.
a)
glare
b)
cache
c)
tacky
d)
refine
28.
The boys hid behind the bushes so they could _________ the grumpy old man with snowballs when he came out of his house. They were the reason he was grumpy.
a)
pelt
b)
canvas
c)
cache
d)
controversial
29.
After the grueling hike up the mountain I had to _______ for several days.
a)
Recuperate
b)
collaborator
c)
canvas
d)
cooperative
30.
She wanted to ____ her technique so that she would get better at her craft.
a)
refine
b)
composition
c)
collaborator
d)
elaborate
31.
Sarah found it ______that her sister who rarely studied had better grades than she did.
a)
galling
b)
retroactive
c)
concept
d)
propel
32.
Emmy is ______with Pokemon and talks about it all the time.
a)
obsessed
b)
retrograde
c)
conjecture
d)
retrogress
33.
She is very ______ and can tell when something is troubling her friends even when they claim to be ok.
a)
perceptive
b)
retrospective
c)
exhilaration
d)
galling
34.
The fact that he was ______to constructive criticism about his writing made him a better writer because he learned from his mistakes rather than trying to defend them.
a)
receptive
b)
translucent
c)
insufficiency
d)
obsessed
35.
One year I got a ________raise so they paid me the increase in pay for the months that had past so I got a nice bonus.
a)
retroactive
b)
consolingly
c)
procession
d)
perceptive
36.
In ____amnesia the person forgets things that happened before the event that caused the amnesia
a)
retrograde
b)
conceit
c)
proclivity
d)
receptive
37.
The museum had a ____________exhibit of his earlier art before he painted the paintings that made him famous.
a)
retrospective
b)
concept
c)
projectile
d)
retroactive
38.
In the bathroom the windows are _______so that light can come in, but you can't see in clearly.
a)
translucent
b)
conjecture
c)
prologue
d)
concept
39.
She spoke _________ to her crying sister through the door.
a)
consolingly
b)
exhilaration
c)
concept
d)
conjecture
40.
We didn't understand her _______ because she wasn't smart, attractive or talented, yet she thought she was better than everyone else.
a)
conceit
b)
concept
c)
conjecture
d)
exhilaration
41.
In History I want you to remember the __________ more than details like exact dates or the names of every battle.
a)
concept
b)
conjecture
c)
exhilaration
d)
insufficiency
42.
Many people confuse ________ with informed opinions from experts.
a)
conjecture
b)
exhilaration
c)
insufficiency
d)
procession
43.
For some people skydiving brings__________, while for other it brings terror.
a)
exhilaration
b)
insufficiency
c)
procession
d)
proclivity
44.
An ____________of water will make plants die.
a)
insufficiency
b)
procession
c)
proclivity
d)
projectile
45.
We had to wait for the funeral ________ to pass because we knew it would be rude to try and cut cross through the line of mourners.
a)
procession
b)
proclivity
c)
projectile
d)
prologue
46.
The mother was very concerned about her young son's ________for torturing pets.
a)
proclivity
b)
projectile
c)
prologue
d)
propensity
47.
It is dangerous to have a lot of things laying around in your car because in an accident things can become a ______ that can hit you in the head.
a)
projectile
b)
prologue
c)
propensity
d)
receipt
48.
There is often foreshadowing of what is to come in the story in the _________ which comes before "Chapter 1."
a)
prologue
b)
propensity
c)
receipt
d)
speculation
49.
He had a ________to take things that were not his so nobody wanted him going in their room.
a)
propensity
b)
receipt
c)
speculation
d)
trajectory
50.
You often need to bring a _______in order to return something and get your money back.
a)
receipt
b)
obsessed
c)
galling
d)
turmoil
51.
There was a lot of ________about what would happen this year, but nobody knew, and it was worse than most people anticipated.
a)
speculation
b)
perceptive
c)
obsessed
d)
deceive
52.
Skilled players use Calculus to plot the _________of a pool ball when they are aiming the cue at the white ball which they want to knock only a specific ball in a specific pocket.
a)
trajectory
b)
receptive
c)
perceptive
d)
exhilarate
53.
When the King died it left the kingdom in _______because he didn't have any heirs.
a)
turmoil
b)
retroactive
c)
receptive
d)
falter
54.
"What a tangled web we weave when we practice to _________ " means that when you lie you can cause problems for yourself too,
a)
deceive
b)
retrograde
c)
retroactive
d)
intercept
55.
The ad for the scented oil said it would ________the senses, but it just made me sneeze and gave me a headache.
a)
exhilarate
b)
retrospective
c)
retrograde
d)
profess
56.
When the exhausted runner started to __________ his friends helped him by letting him lean on them as he finished the race on a sprained ankle.
a)
falter
b)
translucent
c)
retrospective
d)
propel
57.
It was the spy's job to try to _______ any messages sent and send on fake messages instead.
a)
intercept
b)
consolingly
c)
translucent
d)
retrogress
58.
She felt very awkward when he decided to ________ his love for her in front of all of her friends who knew she was planning on breaking up with him.
a)
profess
b)
conceit
c)
consolingly
d)
galling
59.
If you let go of an untied full balloon it will ______upwards until it runs out of air.
a)
propel
b)
concept
c)
obsessed
d)
obsessed
60.
Without electricity we would ________to the way we lived for thousands of years.
a)
retrogress
b)
conjecture
c)
perceptive
d)
perceptive
61.
Please reread youe essay to make sure it is __________ and not just a random collection of sentences.
a)
coherent
b)
omnipotent
c)
omniscient
d)
acronym
62.
In Ancient Greece and Rome the Gods were not _________like the Judeo-Christian concept of God who is all powerful.
a)
omnipotent
b)
omniscient
c)
acronym
d)
antonym
63.
Third person __________ point of view is when the narrator isn't a part of the story and knows what everyone's thinking and feeling.
a)
omniscient
b)
acronym
c)
antonym
d)
emissary
64.
AVID is an _______which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.
a)
acronym
b)
antonym
c)
emissary
d)
gestation
65.
When you add the prefix "un" or "im/in" to a root you form the _________ of the root; for example "polite" and "Impolite" and "used" and "unused."
a)
antonym
b)
emissary
c)
gestation
d)
gesture
66.
Italy sent him to Canada to act as an ______________at the meeting.
a)
emissary
b)
gestation
c)
gesture
d)
homonym
67.
The elephants' _________ is much longer than a human's because elephant babies are a lot bigger.
a)
gestation
b)
gesture
c)
homonym
d)
missive
68.
As a friendly_______________ , I baked a cake for her birthday.
a)
gesture
b)
homonym
c)
missive
d)
portfolio
69.
The words bear and bare are ____________s.
a)
homonym
b)
missive
c)
portfolio
d)
remittance
70.
The general sent a _______to his troops instructing them to continue on to the next town in order to gather supplies.
a)
missive
b)
portfolio
c)
remittance
d)
specialization
71.
The artist included her very best work in her___________ .
a)
portfolio
b)
remittance
c)
specialization
d)
synonym
72.
Make sure to mail your _______________in on time to avoid late fees.
a)
remittance
b)
specialization
c)
synonym
d)
technology
73.
When farmers could grow enough crops to feed many people it allowed for the ______ that is needed for artists and trade to flourish.
a)
specialization
b)
synonym
c)
technology
d)
trasmitision
74.
Beautiful and pretty are ________, but beautiful has a stronger meaning.
a)
synonym
b)
technology
c)
trasmitision
d)
coexist
75.
We are fortunate that we have the ______ to have digital assignments and Zoom because without chromebooks school would have been really hard during Distance learning!
a)
technology
b)
trasmitision
c)
coexist
d)
convey
76.
Once you figure out the ____________of a disease it is easier to fight it; for example, if you know it is passed by mosquitos you take different precautions than if it is passed by airborne __________.
a)
trasmitision
b)
coexist
c)
convey
d)
deport
77.
They were fighting so much I did not think they could _________ in the same room any longer so Sapphy got her own room.
a)
coexist
b)
convey
c)
deport
d)
domesticate
78.
I use emojis to try to ________my tone in texts so people don't think I am being cold.
a)
convey
b)
deport
c)
domesticate
d)
elaborate
79.
I was surprised that Canada continued to ______people who were in the country illegally, even during the COVID lockdown.
a)
deport
b)
domesticate
c)
elaborate
d)
emit
80.
Early civilizations learned to ________animals so that they could use them to help them.
a)
domesticate
b)
omnipotent
c)
coherent
d)
export
81.
I was really interested in finding out what happened so I asked her to ________ and give more details.
a)
elaborate
b)
omniscient
c)
omnipotent
d)
illustrate
82.
When you get a pillow or cushion with memory foam that has been sealed in a package it will often ______a strange smell when you open it, but the smell goes away in time.
a)
emit
b)
acronym
c)
omniscient
d)
import
83.
The farmers will ________________their crops to many other countries.
a)
export
b)
antonym
c)
acronym
d)
ingest
84.
The anecdote that she told us was a great way to __________ the point she was trying to make about him and it was better than just labeling him.
a)
illustrate
b)
emissary
c)
antonym
d)
omit
85.
We still ______olive oil from Italy because the region is known for growing good olives.
a)
import
b)
gestation
c)
emissary
d)
specialize
86.
Some skin medications you put on your skin, and others you ______ as a pill.
a)
ingest
b)
gesture
c)
gestation
d)
submit
87.
She will often ___the part of the story that makes her look bad when she tells people what happened.
a)
omit
b)
homonym
c)
gesture
d)
transmit
88.
Did you know that there are doctors that just _______ in feet? They only see patients with foot problems.
a)
specialize
b)
missive
c)
homonym
d)
coherent
89.
In Google classroom you ________ you assignments by clicking "turn in" which is easier that having to turn it in to the teacher physically because it means you can't forget it at home or in your backpack.
a)
submit
b)
portfolio
c)
missive
d)
omnipotent
90.
The actor was so _______and was constantly reminding others about his many awards and accomplishments.
a)
arrogant
b)
exquisite
c)
infamous
d)
interactive
91.
The handmade lace and beading on the wedding dress was ___________.
a)
exquisite
b)
infamous
c)
interactive
d)
parallel
92.
P-45 was _______________to some for killing pets and livestock, and became famous for others when animal rights activists brought his plight to the public’s attention in an effort to protect him from hunters.
a)
infamous
b)
interactive
c)
parallel
d)
paranoid
93.
The _________ screen responded to the touch of his finger.
a)
interactive
b)
parallel
c)
paranoid
d)
querulous
94.
The rails of a train track are _________________ to one another.
a)
parallel
b)
paranoid
c)
querulous
d)
questionable
95.
When walking through the woods, Avery gets _________________ that someone might be following her.
a)
paranoid
b)
querulous
c)
questionable
d)
determined
96.
If the princess doesn't get what she demands she will soon become very ________ .
a)
querulous
b)
questionable
c)
determined
d)
bias
97.
I am finding it difficult to believe such a ________story.
a)
questionable
b)
determined
c)
bias
d)
conquest
98.
He practiced every day because he was _____________ to make the team.
a)
determined
b)
bias
c)
conquest
d)
inquest
99.
Unconscious ________ can affect the way that we treat people. For instance, for years teachers treated girls differently because they thought boys were better at math and science.
a)
bias
b)
conquest
c)
inquest
d)
inquisition
100.
Many people died and many days of fighting passed before the __________of the city was complete.
a)
conquest
b)
inquest
c)
inquisition
d)
interim
101.
The family of the missing boy is demanding the police begin an ________into the child’s whereabouts.
a)
inquest
b)
interactive
c)
interim
d)
parable
102.
After hours of unfair questions, the _________________had ended.
a)
inquisition
b)
interim
c)
parable
d)
Paradigm
103.
Sam took a nap in the ______ between when he checked in for his flight and when they started to board the plane.
a)
interim
b)
parable
c)
Paradigm
d)
prerogative
104.
The ancient __________has been told to countless generations in order to teach the importance of honesty.
a)
parable
b)
Paradigm
c)
prerogative
d)
determination
105.
Marshall’s paper was so well written that his teacher used it as a _______________ for all other students to follow.
a)
Paradigm
b)
prerogative
c)
determination
d)
acquire
106.
Owning oceanfront homes is truly a ______ of the wealthy.
a)
prerogative
b)
determination
c)
acquire
d)
analyze
107.
Her hard work and __________paid off when she was accepted to her dream college with a full scholarship.
a)
determination
b)
acquire
c)
analyze
d)
convey
108.
Many people don't like the bitter taste of coffee at first, but they eventually _________a taste for it.
a)
acquire
b)
analyze
c)
convey
d)
determine
109.
It is important to _______ the writing prompt so that you answer fully and correctly.
a)
analyze
b)
exquisite
c)
arrogant
d)
elaborate
110.
It is often easier to ________ your feelings with figurative language than trying to make yourself understood with an explicit description of how you felt. For instance, if I say that when she told me that I felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach you will understand how hurt and upset I was.
a)
convey
b)
infamous
c)
exquisite
d)
interfere
111.
You can look at the URL of a website to ____________ if it is a reliable source of information that you can use for an essay.
a)
determine
b)
interactive
c)
infamous
d)
interpret
112.
When you write an informational essay you will _______ on each subtopic from your thesis statement in the body paragraphs.
a)
elaborate
b)
parallel
c)
interactive
d)
interrogate
113.
Checking your cell phone while driving will ____________ with your safety.
a)
interfere
b)
paranoid
c)
parallel
d)
paraphrase
114.
When Lance has meetings in Japan, Akira ___________Japanese so that he can communicate.
a)
interpret
b)
querulous
c)
paranoid
d)
reveal
115.
The police will _____the suspect for hours in hopes that he will confess.
a)
interrogate
b)
questionable
c)
querulous
d)
rifle
116.
Susan will ______________ the chapter, using her own words to sum up the most important information.
a)
paraphrase
b)
determined
c)
questionable
d)
influence
117.
Her actions ________ d her true feelings a lot more clearly than the things she said.
a)
reveal
b)
bias
c)
determined
d)
arrogant
118.
I try to keep my purse organized so that I don't have to _______through it to find things.
a)
rifle
b)
riffle
c)
interrogate
d)
exquisite
119.
You can see how the Greeks ____________d architecture in the way many government buildings are designed.
a)
influence
b)
inquest
c)
conquest
d)
infamous