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Quiz on correct usage. Put a circle around the
corect answer.
1. (The continual, contunuous) static on the radio made
contacting the Mt. Everest team impossible.
2. The continual, continuous) ringing of the telephone
could be heard at the garden.
3. The (cut-and-dried, cut and dry) plan was received by
the crew with much trepidation.
4. The news that not all of the American B-17s have been
accounted for (damped, dampened) the initial euphoria
over the success of the operation.
5. Which is the better sentence?
a) Roasting over a slow fire, Tim smelled the Twin Rivers
salmon.
b) Tim smelled the Twin Rivers salmon roasting over a
slow fire.
6. In a feat reminiscent of the (daring-do, derring-do) of
their WWII predecessors, a team of 101st Airborne
Screaming Eagles overran an Iraqi missile emplacement
in the opening phase of Desert Storm.
7. The attack (annihilated, decimated) the Huns; not one
of them was alive when the smoke of battle cleared.
8. Her Tommy Hilfiger perfume (defused, diffused)
throughout the room, causing everyone to turn around
to see who wears the perfume.
9. Police negotiators are skilled at (defusing, diffusing)
tense situations especially ones involving hostages.
10. (Denied, denied of) sleep and sensation, the suspect
caved in and told the polce everything he knows.
11. (Deprived, deprived of) sleep and sensation, the suspect
caved in and toldf the police everything he knows.
12. It (depends, depends on) who has the stronger card.
13. The con man got his just (deserts, desserts).
14. Once in a while we read in the papers about a social
(deviant, deviate) whose behavior upsets people.
15. The fugitive (deviced, devised) a plan to lose his
pursuers.
16. Management will (dialogue, have a dialogue) with
the employees on the matter of vacation leaves.
17. The family found itself in (dire straights, dire straits)
after the head of the family died.
18. The hostess (discreetly, discretely) seated the two
warring patriarchs far from each other.
19. The camp director divided the group into two (discrete,
discreet) groups: smokers and non-smokers.