Fill in the blanks.
1A long line of customers ............... waiting when the door opened.
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Use "was" because the singular head noun is "line."
2The wind was ............... fierce that we could hardly stand up.
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Use "so" before an adjective with a that-clause of result.
3............... a grown-up, you must fend for yourself from now on.
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Use "As" to mean in the role of a grown-up.
4Tigers are among ............... animals.
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Use "the most ferocious" for the superlative form of a long adjective.
5Females ............... a slight majority of the population.
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Use "constitute" to mean make up a part or whole.
6The unrest among the students caused the college ...............
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Use "to close" after "cause" plus an object.
7They let a bottle of apple juice ............... into cider.
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Use "ferment" after "let" plus an object.
8The consultant's fee was ............... than we expected.
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Use "higher" as the correct comparative form of "high."
9The acrobats performed ............... of dexterity.
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Use "feats" to mean impressive acts or achievements.
10It is not feasible ............... the trip in one day.
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Use "to make" after the adjective "feasible" in this pattern.
11The old woman is ............... feeble to do her own cooking.
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Use "too" before an adjective followed by a to-infinitive meaning more than is possible or suitable.
12The child cowered ............... his father raised his voice.
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Use "every time" as two words to mean whenever something happens.
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- A long line of customers was waiting when the door opened.
- The wind was so fierce that we could hardly stand up.
- As a grown-up, you must fend for yourself from now on.
- Tigers are among the most ferocious animals.
- Females constitute a slight majority of the population.
- The unrest among the students caused the college to close.
- They let a bottle of apple juice ferment into cider.
- The consultant’s fee was higher than we expected.
- The acrobats performed feats of dexterity.
- It is not feasible to make the trip in one day.
- The old woman is too feeble to do her own cooking.
- The child cowered every time his father raised his voice.