Monday, July 31, 2006

Correct English Usage

Quiz on correct usage. Put a circle around the
corect answer.
1. Bestsellers (adapted, adopted) for TV normally lose
its impact.
2. The childless couple decided to (adopt, adapt) the baby
boy left at their door by some unidentified person.
3. If ever the country should (adapt, adopt) the parliamen-
tary form of government, it must be by the express
approval of the people.
4. If the people decide to change the form of government,
they will have to decide whether to (adapt, adopt) the
British or the French model.
5. Having been raised in the wild, Tarzan began to (adapt,
adopt) the ways of the wolves.
6. Despots can (adapt, adopt) any title they want; Idi Amin
Dada of Uganda used to call himself Field Marshal.
7. It is not a question of whether or not our congressmen
will decide to (adapt, adopt) cha-cha; it's a question of
how soon.
8. Parents who decide to adopt a child have an (adopted,
adoptive) child, and the child has (adopted, adoptive)
parents.
9. Human beings have the remarkable ability to (adapt,
adopt) to changes in the environment.
10. He has been commissioned to (adapt, adopt) Fyodor
Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov for TV.
11. The police found the body of the missing teenager in
an (advance, advanced) state of decomposition.
12. The CIA's prime directive, if there's any, is to let the
the president of the United States have (advance,
advanced) information ahead of everyone else.
13. He plans to have an (advance, advanced) course
in English for grade schoolers.
14. SDA members are (adverse, averse) to eating pork.
15. The (adverse, averse) publicity notwithstanding, the
band proceeded to turn out a platinum.
16. Don't heed his (advice, advise).
17. The Thais have their king to (advice, advise) them on
crucial issues.
18. His father was retained as (adviser, advisor) to the
president on Muslim affairs.
19. I (advocate, advocate for) higher pay for teachers.
20. What (affect, effect) the defeat of the immigration bill
in the US Senate will have on Filipino OFWs remains
to be seen.

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