Style, Intensity, and Connotation in Phrase-Based Sentence Completions

Practice Questions

ISEE Lower Level Verbal Reasoning › Style, Intensity, and Connotation in Phrase-Based Sentence Completions

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

The runner did not ____________ prepare for the race and was therefore not in good enough shape to run the full course.

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

It was freezing in the house __________.

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

__________ to give to this mother.

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Sentence completion: Select the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

As the sickness spreads __________.

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Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

He tried to lighten the mood __________.

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

__________, so the doctor was forced to bring an umbrella.

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Sentence completion: Select the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

__________ is that I am poor and he is wealthy.

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Although the seed was tiny at first, it grew into a(n) __________ tree, much larger than anyone ever expected.

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Sentence completion: Select the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

She is abnormally pretty and compared to her __________.

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Sentence completion: Select the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

Compared to a genius __________.

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