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109. intermediate-24
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 24
The Two Dogs
 
Q1
A man had two dogs: a hound ....... to help him with his sports and another to guard the house.
(a) trained
(b) tutored
(c) brought up
(d) educated
Q2
Whenever the hunter came home, he always gave the house dog a large ....... of what he caught.
(a) section
(b) slice
(c) portion
(d) quantity
Q3
The hound dog was very ....... about this.
(a) overturned
(b) set up
(c) upturned
(d) upset
Q4
He told the house dog he found it very ....... having to do all the hard work.
(a) annoyed
(b) annoying
(c) annoys
(d) annoy
Q5
What made things worse, he continued, was that the house dog never ....... part in any of the hunting.
(a) did
(b) put
(c) took
(d) had
Q6
All the house dog did was simply to feed himself on the results of the ....... that the hound dog undertook.
(a) exertions
(b) extremes
(c) exercises
(d) excesses
Q7
The house dog felt he had to ....... himself in the face of all this criticism.
(a) display
(b) detect
(c) defend
(d) distend
Q8
The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to ....... someone.
(a) accuse
(b) blame
(c) disapprove
(d) fault
Q9
The house dog told him to criticize their master who had taught him not how to work but how to ....... on the
work of others.
(a) hang
(b) support
(c) attach
(d) depend
Q10 The moral of this fable is: you mustn't ....... children for the mistakes of their parents.
(a) reproach
(b) reprieve
(c) repeal
(d) reject

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