She was late to her job interview because of the rain: her cellular service was  ________________________, so she got lost when her GPS stopped working.

Match each sentence to its missing word. There is one extra word that does not belong in any of the sentences. 1. Even though Warren was rumored to be , he actually put a great deal of thought into making important decisions. 2. The town business association has established a scholarship to a needy business student’s education at the local college each year. 3. Nita doesn’t stop her son from  ing away his weekly allowance on junk. She says he’ll soon learn that it’s better to save his money for something he really wants. 4. She (e)d her cubical at work with pictures of her family and inspirational sayings. 5. Cora’s failure to send Rachel a wedding invitation was . As soon as Cora realized her mistake, she telephoned Rachel to invite her.

Match each sentence to its missing word. There is one extra word that does not belong in any of the sentences. 1. The moving company used a crane to the piano up to the eighth floor. 2. Once you send an email, it is . You can’t un-send it afterwards! 3. It’s hard to believe that every little acorn contains the seed of a great oak tree. 4. goes against the Geneva Convention. Even if a country is at war, mass killings are not acceptable. 5. When I buy a house, I’m going to paint the walls with  colors. I am so tired of the white walls in my rented apartments!

Match each sentence to its missing word. There is one extra word that does not belong in any of the sentences. 1. Some child stars reached the of their careers at a very young age and later felt like failures because they couldn’t stay at the top. 2. He (e)d all of his friends when he unfriended them on Facebook. 3. “Don’t the child so,” Mrs. Lopez told her husband. “He’ll learn more if you just explain what he’s done wrong instead of scolding him so harshly.” 4. The young woman (e)d custody of her baby to adoptive parents because she wanted the child to have a good home, and she knew she wasn’t able to provide one. 5. After his girlfriend left the state to attend college, he was for weeks.

My older brother seems to believe he’s really ________________________. Whenever someonedisagrees with him, he won’t even consider the possibility that he’s mistaken.

Every member of the school board but one voted to hire the new teacher. The ________________________kept saying, “There’s something about him that I just don’t like.”

The laundry soap ad ________________________(e)d an ugly, stained shirt with a beautiful, brightshirt that had supposedly been washed in the soap.

It’s difficult to make a child understand the need for ________________________. All parentshave had the experience of hearing their children yell out some true but embarrassing fact, such as“Look! That man doesn’t have any hair on his head!”

Babies benefit from a great deal of ________________________ stimulation: different textures tofeel, shapes and colors to look at, and various sounds to hear.

Don’t fall for telephone scams, where authoritative people tell you that you need to pay your taxes over the phone. They are _______________________s.