File 4: Progress Check

Choose the correct answer.

1. “B-b-but… I d-d-d-don’t have any m-m-m-money,” ... rattled whistled stuttered Philip, as the thief pressed the edge of the knife blade close to his throat.
2. The old, heavy door ... hissed creaked buzzed as it slowly swung open.
3. I was worried about being thirty minutes late again for the weekly meeting, but my boss did not even ... acknowledge nod nickname me as I slipped quietly into the conference room.
4. I ... apply to come by commute to work every morning by ferry.
5. Mrs. Ferguson ... yelled mumbled giggled furiously at the neighborhood children when she found them walking through her garden with their dogs.
6. Thomas, please don’t ... drip splash slurp your tea. It’s rude! Try to sip it more quietly.
7. All of father’s tools ... ticked rattled clicked in the back of the truck every time we hit a bump.
8. If Peter and Christine were taking the three o'clock bus, they really ... should have gotten should get might have gotten here by now!
9. It’s very quiet upstairs. The children ... must have slept must be sleeping must sleep .
10. Julie’s keys, wallet, and books are there on the table, so she ... shouldn't have gone can't have gone probably won't go to class.
11. Hey, where’s that pint of coffee ice cream I bought last week? My roommate ... must have eaten it must eat it can be eating it !
12. Check the second drawer from the top. The bottle opener ... should have been should be must have been there. That’s where we usually keep it.
13. The weather report indicates that ... it won’t probably be it won’t be probably it probably won’t be very cold tomorrow.
14. There’s always a lot of traffic on the highway at this hour, so Jeannie is ... definitely bound probably to be late for the party.
15. Marcus does very well in school. He ... must study must have studied should study hard!
16. My brother is a huge fan of action-thriller novels, because they’re so ... moving fast-paced depressing and exciting.
17. I generally dislike the fantasy genre because I find the magical elements too ... haunting intriguing implausible .
18. Romance novels can be ... entertaining thought-provoking intriguing , but they really don’t contain many complex or profound ideas. They’re best suited to casual reading on the beach or on a plane.
19. I found Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s debut novel Purple Hibiscus to be ... arguably profoundly barely moving. I was still thinking about it for weeks after I finished it.
20. The 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird is a ... quirky faithful bland adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The screenwriter and the director changed almost nothing from the book.
21. I couldn’t finish the novel about the war. It was just too ... riveting intriguing depressing .
22. The premise of the plot was interesting, but the narrative was so ... smooth bland vast , I quickly lost interest and never finished the book.
23. Mr. Perkins may have seemed like just a ... lowly bland faithful janitor at an elementary school, but he was actually really well-read, and he wrote some very beautiful poetry.
24. I absolutely loved the book. Never before ... had I read I'd read I have read a novel that was so completely riveting from start to finish!
25. My roommates both went downtown for the day after we finished cleaning the apartment. ... Only when Only then No sooner was I finally able to sit down and read my book in peace.
26. ... Rarely No sooner Scarcely had I sat down to read when my doorbell rang.
27. ... Not only No sooner Not until you finish the book will you fully understand its message.
28. The movie adaptation was very good, but only when ... you've read have you read do you read the original book can you really understand what’s going on in the story.
29. Not only ... she's written is she writing does she write quirky, entertaining stories, but she’s also a lot of fun in person.
30. No sooner had I pulled out of the parking space ... than then when a massive pickup truck rammed into the back end of my car.