ICSE − Q & A

The accident resulted ____ the death of four people.
These derelict houses are reproach ____ the city.
The Germans were called baby-killers and their method of warfare stigmatized as a reproach ____ civilization.

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The host was so tired that he gave a lukewarm welcome to the guests.(use:too) Can't I write: the host was too tired to not give a lukewarm welcome to the guest. can you pls correct me
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margaret said to me, 'what a lovely dress you are wearing!' Rewrite using complemented
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10. We have the habit of exulting….the discomfiture of our rivals.
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She is abstemious ____ his habits.
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the winds murmured to the cold slush _  the marshy plains

He is lot more agile ____  I am.

The lock is to secure. (change to negative)

insists on....persists in
can u guys give a few more examples like this..
it will be helpful....

http://www.respaper.com/throne/4199-pdf.html This site has a good selection of grammar Qs.

is though followed by yet
though............yet

The elderly man prepared himself for a life _______ retirement.

Be careful_____your health........is it about???

fill with prepos
1.exam acts as an incentive ______ diligence.
2.he had laid ______ a large sum in railway shares.
3.At my friend's party i fell ______with a strange fellow.
4.she has been laid ___ with fever for almost a week.
5. after haggling ___ the price, she bought the shoes.
6._______ to cloudy weather, all flights are cancelled.
7.they couldn't go home as more work had come_____-.
8.Teachers always get put _______- by insincerity.(not down)