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Choose the best substitute for the phrase or sentence in bold:

1) When her friend Anna got into Yale, Nicole was green with
envy.
a) sick
b) happy for her
c) very jealous

2) Bob and Susan are really gung ho about the TV show
Survivor. They watch it every Thursday night.
a) enthusiastic
b) concerned
c) angry

3) Shut up! I can’t take any more of your screaming.
a) Talk louder!
b) Be quiet!
c) Get out!

4) You got a scholarship to attend Harvard? Way to go!
a) Too bad!
b) Good work!
c) Oh well!

5) Please don’t butt in! We weren’t talking to you.
a) look at us
b) disagree with us
c) interrupt our conversation

6) These cookies aren’t very good. I think you hit the nail on
the head when you said I should add more sugar next time.
a) were wrong
b) were right
c) were confused

ANSWERS TO LESSON 4, p. 160

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