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“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.
The old, heavy door
...
hissed
creaked
buzzed
as it slowly swung open.
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.
I
...
apply to
come by
commute to
work every morning by ferry.
Mrs. Ferguson
...
yelled
mumbled
giggled
furiously at the neighborhood children when she found them walking through her garden with their dogs.
Thomas, please don’t
...
drip
splash
slurp
your tea. It’s rude! Try to sip it more quietly.
All of father’s tools
...
ticked
rattled
clicked
in the back of the truck every time we hit a bump.
If Peter and Christine were taking the three o'clock bus, they really
...
should have gotten
should get
might have gotten
here by now!
It’s very quiet upstairs. The children
...
must have slept
must be sleeping
must sleep
.
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.
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
!
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.
The weather report indicates that
...
it won’t probably be
it won’t be probably
it probably won’t be
very cold tomorrow.
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.
Marcus does very well in school. He
...
must study
must have studied
should study
hard!
My brother is a huge fan of action-thriller novels, because they’re so
...
moving
fast-paced
depressing
and exciting.
I generally dislike the fantasy genre because I find the magical elements too
...
haunting
intriguing
implausible
.
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.
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.
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.
I couldn’t finish the novel about the war. It was just too
...
riveting
intriguing
depressing
.
The premise of the plot was interesting, but the narrative was so
...
smooth
bland
vast
, I quickly lost interest and never finished the book.
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.
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!
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.
...
Rarely
No sooner
Scarcely
had I sat down to read when my doorbell rang.
...
Not only
No sooner
Not until
you finish the book will you fully understand its message.
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.
Not only
...
she's written
is she writing
does she write
quirky, entertaining stories, but she’s also a lot of fun in person.
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.