Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 22

Directions: Choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence.

Although John’s parents were ______ discipliners, their ______ affections showed how much they truly cared for him.
1. tough...tender
2. slack...rough
3. easy...sincere
4. difficult...infrequent
Unlike his uninterested neighbor, Brier was ______ about what would become of the abandoned house down the street.
1. doubtful
2. serious
3. curious
4. scared
Emma was innocently unaware of the etiquette required at a black tie function, thus no one attempted to correct her when she ______ addressed the host.
1. appropriately
2. quietly
3. politely
4. improperly
After years of diverging from each other, Sadie and Patrick finally found their lives running along a ______ course.
1. different
2. parallel
3. pleasant
4. singular
The ______ reason why Jim got accepted to the school was because of his good grades.
1. primary
2. secondary
3. third
4. biggest
Considering he openly cheated on the most important exam of the year, receiving a failing grade seems to be ______ punishment.
1. a brutal
2. an unfair
3. an appropriate
4. an even
Due to the ______ of hurricanes near the coast, a beach house must have ______ walls to prevent it from collapsing.
1. lack...weak
2. scarcity...normal
3. amount...hard
4. prevalence...sturdy
After his ______ in the election, the new mayor had adopted an aura of ______ that displeased many of the voters; he was too proud to shake hands with the average citizen.
1. speech...humbleness
2. win...meekness
3. victory...arrogance
4. loss...sadness
Mary’s parents are concerned with how ______ she has become this summer; they are trying to find more activities and chores to occupy her time.
1. idle
2. free
3. productive
4. employed
After Jose and Wendy get married, they are going to open a ______ bank account in order to share expenses.
1. individual
2. separate
3. joint
4. fair