ISEE Lower Level Verbal : Parts of Speech in Word-Based Sentence Completions

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Example Questions

Example Question #61 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

After returning from a vacation far away in the Bahamas, it was good to be surrounded by the___________of home.

Possible Answers:

reliability

faithfulness

familiarity

security

soundness

Correct answer:

familiarity

Explanation:

On vacation, everything is foreign, but at home, things are "familiar." The other answer choices are as follows: "faithfulness" isloyalty;"soundness" isvalidityor合理性; and "reliability" istrustworthinessorthe ability to count on someone to do what he or she says they will do.

Example Question #62 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

The__________of the injury was unknown, and Sarah found it hard to recall when the pain began.

Possible Answers:

difficulty

ending

intensity

severity

source

Correct answer:

source

Explanation:

Since Sarah "found it hard to recall when the pain began," we can infer that she must not know what caused her injury. The context clue in this sentence is noting that Sarah does not know theoriginor "source" of the pain and when it began. This is opposite of the answer choice "ending." Also, "intensity" isthe relative degree of something;"difficulty" iscomplexity;and "severity" isthe degree to which something is severe in comparison to other things.

Example Question #63 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

The company hired an entirely new staff last year; the group evolved into a ______ through the process of learning and growing together.

Possible Answers:

quartet

array

herd

cluster

team

Correct answer:

team

Explanation:

When people learn together, they often must cooperate. As a result,teamis a good fit for this sentence because teams must work together and collaborate.

Example Question #64 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

When the climbers finally reached the mountain's__________, they placed a flag on its highest point and took a picture to prove that they had made it all the way to the top.

Possible Answers:

summit

bottom

border

valley

cave

Correct answer:

summit

Explanation:

We can infer that because the sentence refers to "climbers" who "placed a flag on [the mountain's] highest point" after they "made it all the way to the top," we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "the top of a mountain." Neither "bottom" nor "valley" can be the correct answer, then, because each of those terms are antonyms of "top" and "mountain," respectively. "Summit," however, when used as a noun, means " the highest point of a hill or mountain," and because "summit" best fits the context of the sentence, "summit" is the correct answer.

Example Question #65 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

When the__________for being a member the club grew much stricter than they had previously been, it lost several members who did not meet the new conditions.

Possible Answers:

emotions

requirements

histories

tactics

mettles

Correct answer:

requirements

Explanation:

We can infer that we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "conditions," because the club "lost several members who did not meet the new conditions." "Requirements" is a noun that means either "things that are needed or wanted" or "things that are compulsory; necessary conditions," and because "requirements" best fits the context of the sentence, "requirements" is the correct answer.

Example Question #66 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

The author's__________introduced the book and appeared before the first chapter.

Possible Answers:

finale

conclusion

prologue

proposition

脚注

Correct answer:

prologue

Explanation:

The key to the sentence is noting that the introduction being referred to came before the first chapter. Therefore, it is a foreword orprologue.

Example Question #67 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

A dozen basketball teams competed in the__________, and after many rounds of games, one was declared the winner.

Possible Answers:

game

incentive

proponent

decision

tournament

Correct answer:

tournament

Explanation:

We can infer that we need to pick out a noun for the blank that means something like “a series of games.” So, while “game” may look like a potentially correct answer, “game” cannot be the correct answer because the sentence says that there were “many rounds of games.” “Tournament,” however, is a noun that can mean “a series of contests between many teams or players,” and because “tournament” best describes the series of basketball games that the sentence is discussing, “tournament” is the correct answer.

Example Question #68 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.

While_____________may ruin a picnic, it is essential because it helps grass grow.

Possible Answers:

precipitation

sunlight

ants

drought

wind

Correct answer:

precipitation

Explanation:

The correct answer is "precipitation," which meanswater that falls from the sky in a liquid or solid form. "Precipitation" is the only answer choice that can ruin a picnic but is also needed to help plants grow. "Wind" and "ants" can ruin a picnic, but they do not directly help plants grow. "Sunlight" helps plants grow, but it is not something that will ruin a picnic.

Example Question #69 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

My grandmother turned one hundred yesterday; I cannot believe she has lived for a whole__________.

Possible Answers:

month

century

millenium

dozen

decade

Correct answer:

century

Explanation:

The prefix "cent-" meansone hundred,soa period of one hundred consecutive yearsis a “century.” To provide additional help, a “decade” isa period often consecutive years; a “millenium”a period of one thousand consecutive years, and a "dozen"twelve units of something taken as a group.

Example Question #70 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Lisa's father is very frustrated with her because despite being thirteen years old, she often acts immaturely, behaving like a(n)__________when she doesn't get her way.

Possible Answers:

infant

student

adult

teenager

rebel

Correct answer:

infant

Explanation:

In this sentence, we know that Lisa acts immaturely. This means that she acts younger than her age at time. Since she is thirteen years old, the blank should be filled with a word that means someone who is younger than thirteen. An "infant" isa very young child, much younger than thirteen. Therefore, "infant"is the correct answer.

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