Fill in the blanks.
1. The automobile quickly ………………………. the horse and the buggy.
Correct!
Wrong!
Displaced means replaced.
2. The poor kid has had one ………………………….. after another.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. Nothing ……………………… me more than loud talking.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. His unhappy childhood fostered his …………………………. personality.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. The commercial incurred the …………………………… of many viewers.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. He was indicted for ……………………………. public funds.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. The floodwaters ………………………. thousands of villagers.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. If you pay your rent, they can’t ……………………………. you.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. He has a ………………………… way of staring at people.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. If you ………………………… one more time, you are going home.
Correct!
Wrong!
misbehave - behave improperly
11. Many people have ……………………….. about astrology.
Correct!
Wrong!
misconceptions - false notions
12. I am sorry you ……………………….. my meaning
Correct!
Wrong!
Misconstrued = misinterpreted
Answers
- The automobile quickly displaced the horse and the buggy.
- The poor kid has had one misadventure after another.
- Nothing displeases me more than loud talking.
- His unhappy childhood fostered his misanthropic personality.
- The commercial incurred the displeasure of many viewers.
- He was indicted for misappropriating public funds.
- The floodwaters displaced thousands of villagers.
- If you pay your rent, they can’t dispossess you.
- He has a disquieting way of staring at people.
- If you misbehave one more time, you are going home.
- Many people have misconceptions about astrology.
- I am sorry you misconstrued my meaning
