- intermediate-24
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 24
The Two Dogs
Q1 A man had two dogs: a hound ....... to help him with his sports and another to guard the house.
(a) trained (b) tutored (c) brought up (d) educated
Q2 Whenever the hunter came home, he always gave the house dog a large ....... of what he caught.
(a) section (b) slice (c) portion (d) quantity
Q3 The hound dog was very ....... about this.
(a) overturned (b) set up (c) upturned (d) upset
Q4 He told the house dog he found it very ....... having to do all the hard work.
(a) annoyed (b) annoying (c) annoys (d) annoy
Q5 What made things worse, he continued, was that the house dog never ....... part in any of the hunting.
(a) did (b) put (c) took (d) had
Q6 All the house dog did was simply to feed himself on the results of the ....... that the hound dog undertook.
(a) exertions (b) extremes (c) exercises (d) excesses
Q7 The house dog felt he had to ....... himself in the face of all this criticism.
(a) display (b) detect (c) defend (d) distend
Q8 The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to ....... someone.
(a) accuse (b) blame (c) disapprove (d) fault
Q9 The house dog told him to criticize their master who had taught him not how to work but how to ....... on the
work of others.
(a) hang (b) support (c) attach (d) depend
Q10 The moral of this fable is: you mustn't ....... children for the mistakes of their parents.
(a) reproach (b) reprieve (c) repeal (d) reject
