Focus: Choosing correctly between other commonly confused words.
Directions: Underline the word that correctly completes each sentence below. The first one is done as an example.
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1) At eight weeks of (____________), red foxes begin to get their adult markings.
2) The Missouri River is about (______________) as long as the Colorado River.
3) Catherine Esther Beacher established schools in Connecticut and Ohio, and (____________) founded the American Women’s Educational Association.
4) (____________) antibiotics are antibacterial agents, but some are effective against fungal, protozoal, or yeast infections.
5) In 1941, nylon was first used to make stockings, and the year (____________), it was first used to make toothbrush bristles.
6) Chuck Berry was one of the (____________) and most influential performers of rock music.
7) Long before Columbus, various thinkers believed that the Earth was (____________).
8) Apricots, which are (____________) smaller than peaches, are known for their delicate taste.
9) Huge radio telescopes aimed into space may someday (_____________) us whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe.
10) One of Canada’s most beautiful botanical gardens is Butchart Gardens (___________) Victoria, British Columbia.
11) Since 1945, the average size of American farms has more than (____________).
12) When the Hopi Indians perform the Snake Dance, the dancers handle (___________) rattlesnakes.
13) Around eighty-five (___________) of the bauxite produced in the United States is mined in Arkansas.
14) Artist Clementine Hunter continued to paint until she was over 100 years (_____________).
15) The period immediately (____________) the Civil War is known as Reconstruction.
16) (___________) plant has a nervous system, and most respond very slowly to stimuli in their environment.
17) (_____________) every county in the United States has agricultural extension agents who provide help to farmers.
18) Murals (______________) narrative stories through visual images.
19) Forests cover (_____________) half the land area of Tennessee.
20) Giraffes hardly (___________) sleep more than twenty minutes a night.