Choose the word or phrase which best complete each sentence

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hello teachers,

Please help me to check this. Many thanks.

  1. Most people were no longer listening to his long (irritable/ boring/ tiring/ annoying) story.
  2. There is often so much traffic on the main thoroughfares that motorists may be able to travel faster on (subordinate/ local/ district/ minor) roads.
  3. A force of desperate men burst out of the besieged city and (defeated/ broke down/ gained/ submitted) the army that had surrounded them.
  4. He says he would write an English course book if he could find a(n) (accomplice/ ally/ collaborator/ partner) to deal with the less interesting parts.
  5. The (savage/ wild/fierce/ untamed) cats that are still found in some remote places are distantly related to our friendly domestic companions.
  6. I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable, and (before all/ above all/ first of all/ after all) in a quiet position.
  7. I have had a (success/ continuation/ repetition/ succession) of misfortunes.
  8. He had an (uneducated/ offensive/ objectionable/ offending) habit of emptying his and trays out of his upstairs window on to our doorsteps.
  9. The music aroused an (intense/ intentional/ intensive/ intending) feeling of homesickness in him.
  10. The jury (accused/ charged/ convicted/ acquitted) him of having communicated the robbery and he was then sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
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  1. local
  2. convicted

There are several other mistakes in the sentences; they are not carefully written.

3

Mister Micawber, thank you so much for the correction.

Could you explain about the words “local” and “convicted”. Why the word “convicted” was wrong?

Many thanks.

4

‘Convicted’ is not wrong; it is right. But you chose ‘accused’. And ‘local roads’ is the appropriate phrase for secondary roads as alternatives to main thoroughfares.

5

Dear Mister Micawber,

Thank you so much!