Common Errors in Usage Quiz 6

1. Hobbes’s behavior sometimes offers important insights (1) _____ Calvin’s true feelings: though Calvin is frequently rude to Susie Derkins, (2) _____ clear from Hobbes’s reaction to her that he actually has a romantic interest (3) _____ her.

2. In the summertime, Calvin and Hobbes can frequently be found (1) _____ on the grass (2) _____ the big oak tree.

3. (1) _____ of her anger at Calvin, Susie wanted Hobbes to (2) _____ with her and have tea; Calvin found it (3) _____ that Hobbes actually accepted her invitation.

4. Just as Calvin (1) _____ the barrel of the water gun and prepared to enjoy the sight of (2) _____ powerful stream hitting Susie in the face, she blasted him with the garden hose.

5. After Calvin (1) _____ that his mother’s peas were as disgusting as toxic sludge, his parents sent him to his room for an (2) _____ amount of time while he adjusted his attitude.

6. (1) _____ that Calvin had accepted her 4 pm tea party invitation and had even arrived (2) _____, Susie did her best to ensure that he and Hobbes enjoyed the party.

7. At first Calvin couldn’t decide (1) _____ it was safe to walk (2) _____ the house, but then he (3) _____ from the eerie silence that Hobbes was waiting to pounce on him as soon as he entered.

8. (1) _____ Hobbes’s personality seems very different from Calvin’s, but ultimately his thoughts and feelings are never (2) _____ Calvin’s imagination.

9. Susie arrived just (1) _____ to see Calvin put the finishing touches on his horrific scene of snowman violence; the snowmen’s decapitated heads (2) _____ on the ground, each with (3) _____ own grotesque expression of terror.