Here is my choices...curtail,devastate,digress,inceantive,incorporate,indispensable,intermittent,rigor,squander,succumb
here is the sentences:
1,2:Duane feels he ____(e)d too many years in inactivity,so now he welcomes the _______s of an exercise program.
3,4.The company decided to ______the construction of its new pant until the architects could decide on how to___an employee gym into the new building.
5,6 My aunt has only____success in quitting smoking. Every few months she _____s to temptation, and then she has to quit all over again.
7,8. As Leo explained a failed business deal that had once_____(e)d him,he _____(e)d into the even more interesting tale of his romanc with Molly, his business partner.
9,10. The informercial offered free samples, ninety-day trails, and every other______possible to get me t buy the "miracle medicine that would change my life." However, I found the sales pitch highly impausible".I simply could not believe that this product was ____to my well-being.
I don't know what I think that is why I am asking for help !
Use http://www.answers.com and/or http://www.onelook.com to look up words you are not 100% confident of ... which must be all of them.
Then give it a try.
Noo
To fill in the blanks, you need to choose the appropriate words from the given choices. Let's go through each sentence and find the correct words:
1,2: Duane feels he ____(e)d too many years in inactivity, so now he welcomes the _______s of an exercise program.
Here, we need a verb that means "spent" or "wasted" for the first blank, and a noun that means "benefits" or "advantages" for the second blank.
The correct choices for these blanks are: "squandered" for the first blank and "incentives" for the second blank.
3,4. The company decided to ______the construction of its new pant until the architects could decide on how to___an employee gym into the new building.
In this sentence, we need two verbs. The first verb means "delay" or "postpone," and the second verb means "include" or "integrate."
The correct choices for these blanks are: "curtail" for the first blank and "incorporate" for the second blank.
5,6 My aunt has only____success in quitting smoking. Every few months she _____s to temptation, and then she has to quit all over again.
For the first blank, we need an adjective that means "limited" or "partial". For the second blank, we need a verb that means "succumbs" or "yields."
The correct choices for these blanks are: "intermittent" for the first blank and "succumbs" for the second blank.
7,8. As Leo explained a failed business deal that had once_____(e)d him, he _____(e)d into the even more interesting tale of his romance with Molly, his business partner.
This sentence requires a verb that means "affected" or "hurt" for the first blank, and a verb that means "digressed" or "diverted" for the second blank.
The correct choices for these blanks are: "devastated" for the first blank and "digressed" for the second blank.
9,10. The infomercial offered free samples, ninety-day trails, and every other______possible to get me to buy the "miracle medicine that would change my life." However, I found the sales pitch highly impausible". I simply could not believe that this product was ____to my well-being.
Here, we need an adjective that means "necessary" or "essential" for the first blank, and a noun that means "related" or "pertinent" for the second blank.
The correct choices for these blanks are: "indispensable" for the first blank and "related" for the second blank.
So, the completed sentences should be:
1,2: Duane feels he squandered too many years in inactivity, so now he welcomes the incentives of an exercise program.
3,4. The company decided to curtail the construction of its new plant until the architects could decide on how to incorporate an employee gym into the new building.
5,6 My aunt has only intermittent success in quitting smoking. Every few months she succumbs to temptation, and then she has to quit all over again.
7,8. As Leo explained a failed business deal that had once devastated him, he digressed into the even more interesting tale of his romance with Molly, his business partner.
9,10. The infomercial offered free samples, ninety-day trials, and every other incentive possible to get me to buy the "miracle medicine that would change my life." However, I found the sales pitch highly implausible. I simply could not believe that this product was indispensable to my well-being.
You're expecting someone else to do your assignment for you? That won't happen.
HOWEVER, if you include what YOU THINK goes in each blank, someone here will be happy to check your work.
Wow! I don't know how you managed to follow Writeacher's advice and look those words up in a dictionary -- and still miss 8 out of 10.
Thanks for your help!
Hi do you still use this? and if so can I show you my answers?
1.squander
2.digress
3.rigor
4.incentive
5.devastate
6.succumb
7.indispensable
8.intermittent
9.curtail
10.incorporate
those are my answers
1.squander
2.digress
3.rigor
4.incentive
5.devastate
6.succumb
7.indispensable
8.incorporate
9.curtail
10.intermittent