Context Clues in Two-Blank Sentences

Practice Questions

ISEE Upper Level Verbal Reasoning › Context Clues in Two-Blank Sentences

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

The demagogue worked day and night, __________ the passions of the __________ against those whom he declared to be the “privileged few.”

2

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

The demagogue worked day and night, __________ the passions of the __________ against those whom he declared to be the “privileged few.”

3

Choose the pair of words that best completes the following sentence.

No one liked attending the miserly old man's dinner parties; he kept a __________ menu and sent people home hungry, unlike his jolly neighbor, whose tables were filled with __________ amounts of provender.

4

Choose the pair of words that best completes the following sentence.

No one liked attending the miserly old man's dinner parties; he kept a __________ menu and sent people home hungry, unlike his jolly neighbor, whose tables were filled with __________ amounts of provender.

5

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

Many good-willed people decided to take up the cause of ___________ on behalf of the enslaved population, believing that none deserved to have their rights so totally __________.

6

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

Many good-willed people decided to take up the cause of ___________ on behalf of the enslaved population, believing that none deserved to have their rights so totally __________.

7

Choose the pair of words that best completes the following sentence.

Accused of being a __________ since he hadn't attended school in three months, Roger defended himself by claiming he had been abducted by aliens, but everyone thought his excuse was __________.

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

The promotion to supervisor was all that Larry had been working for, and when it went to a coworker to whom Larry considered himself superior, he was __________ and considered __________ his position.

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Choose the pair of words that best completes the following sentence.

Accused of being a __________ since he hadn't attended school in three months, Roger defended himself by claiming he had been abducted by aliens, but everyone thought his excuse was __________.

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

The promotion to supervisor was all that Larry had been working for, and when it went to a coworker to whom Larry considered himself superior, he was __________ and considered __________ his position.

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