Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly.
1.
Kevin was very
vague about his job interview, and he told me all the details.
2.
Liam had a
plausible reason for not doing his work, saying aliens took it.
3.
Tom can only speak English. He is
bilingual.
4.
Emma likes studying
humanities like chemistry and physics.
5.
Ivy doesn’t have any
siblings. It must be lonely without brothers or sisters.
6.
The two brothers looked so
much alike that they could be clones.
7.
My mother was
furious when she heard that I passed all my exams.
8.
Miranda is so
skinny. She really needs to lose some weight.
9.
I was filled with
disgust when I heard the news that he had lied to all of us.
10.
Sarah and I really understand each other. There is a big
gulf between us.
11.
Around the world, there are lots of different marriage
rituals.
12.
We had lots of
participants in the fishing competition last Saturday.
13.
Kay is a
linguist and will give a lecture on the best way to learn a language.
14.
You should wear dark clothes for the interview, such as your
fluorescent jacket.
15.
You always
dash so slowly. I wish you would walk faster.
16.
I can’t use this thread for sewing because it has too many
knots in it.
17.
Jan wanted to make a cake, so she went to the shop to buy some
cosmetics.
18.
The lesson was long and boring, and all the students felt
astounded.
19.
I think Tom should get the job because he has all the right
attributes.
20.
You shouldn’t use
colloquial language when you make formal presentations.
The iW in S
Katie and Alice were twins. They were so alike that few people could tell the
siblings
apart. They were almost like
clones. They even used the same
colloquial language as each
other. They were best friends.
But the twins’
attributes were not all identical. Alice liked
humanities, and
Katie was a
good
linguist. One summer, Katie decided to be a
participant at a summer camp in France.
Alice wasn’t interested in the French language, so she didn’t go. But she felt angry that Katie
wanted to spend the summer away from her.
Two months later, Katie returned. Alice
dashed to the airport to greet her sister. But when
Alice saw Katie, she was
astounded. Katie was now
bilingual, and she looked completely
different! She was wearing nice clothes,
cosmetics and looked
skinnier. Alice felt very
messy next to her. She was just wearing a
fluorescent t-shirt, and her hair had
knots in it.
When Alice asked
Katie about France, Katie was
vague and didn’t say much. It made
Alice
furious and filled her with
disgust because in the past they’d always told each other
everything. Now there was a huge
gulf between them. Over the weeks, the sisters spoke
even less.
Two months later, it was the twins’ birthday. All their lives, they’d had a
ritual. Before
their birthday, they’d talk all night long. That night, Alice came into Katie’s bedroom.
“I’m sorry I haven’t spoken much lately,” Katie said.
“I understand. You have new friends now,” said Alice, angrily.
Katie said, “My French friends don’t write much nowadays. For a while,
I thought they
were more exciting than my friends at home. But I was wrong. You’re my sister, and you’ll
always be my best friend.”
Alice said, “I’m sorry, too. I wanted our relationship to stay the same forever. But it’s
totally
plausible for twins to have different interests. We can still be best friends without
being together all the time.”