Saturday, March 23, 2024

complete the sentence - you win the nobel prze for literature if you get 14 of these right






here are twenty beginnings and twenty completions of sentences. match the beginning with the completion. you win the nobel prize for literature if you can get 14 right.

beginnings:

1. adam brown was a concerned democrat

2. lily webster thought she owned the earth

3. roy rafferty liked dogs better than people

4. omar khayyam put all his cards on the table

5. jesse james got off the bus at midnight

6. sam carter and paul bunyan got into a heated argument

7. sheriff frank morrison put out an all points bulletin

8. the man in the green hat and the red bow tie scratched his head

9. everybody laughed at poor king tut

10. don’t go, henry, adele begged

11. billy the kid came in third in the county spelling bee

12. )kathy martin hated paula montgomery

13. the barbarian woke up suddenly

14. a man with brown shoes walked down the dusty highway

15. rita jones had a new hairdo

16. come on out, luke! the captain shouted

17. a tear rolled down the scoutmaster’s cheek

18. father joe’s hand trembled as he opened the letter from the archbishop

19. the town just did not seem the same

20. i call them like i see them, mike fink stoutly asserted

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completions:

a) but ed ford had a great hunger for chaos

b) since al davis came from home from college

c) notwithstanding their grandmother’s curious will

d) but the stock market crash put a stop to all that nonsense

e) just as sadie green was wiping down the counter of the bluebird cafe

f) but it turned out the american people had different ideas

g) when whitey zane and blackie adams faced off

h) because the gold watch was nowhere to be found

i) after the train left the station at dawn

j) but the lion hid out all day in the old red barn

k) unfortuntely, it was too late

l) for no good reason, it seemed

m) but the girl was gone and was not coming back

n) but there was nothing behind him on the road

o) and it started to rain

p) and then all hell broke loose q) he was down to his last twenty-five cents

r) but slade had an ace up his sleeve

s) and the wind had blown it all away

t) come back, come back, everybody shouted




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