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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Verbal Reasoning - Complete the Word 3 (Questions)

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These quizzes help you become more skillful when working with words. A group of letters such as PIG rarely appear in the middle of another word, however the letters TIN do. Think of how many words end in TING - probably thousands!

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Our previous middle school verbal reasoning 'Complete the Word' quizzes involved picking the right 3-letter word to insert into a capitalized word in the question, so it would make more likely sense.

This quiz offers you more of the same, for practice. Once you get all ten questions correct, move on to our last and hardest quiz in the series.

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The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
I sometimes think it would be better if our public TSPORT were controlled by fitter people.

[ ]	TRY
[ ]	RAN
[ ]	COG
[ ]	DEN

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
You can wear WEVER you please on your head, in weather like this.

[ ]	CAP
[ ]	PEG
[ ]	HAT
[ ]	POT

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
The girl emerged from the room looking as white as a ET.

[ ]	HER
[ ]	SHE
[ ]	HIM
[ ]	ITS

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
This program appears to be a CONUATION of what they were showing last week.

[ ]	CAN
[ ]	MAY
[ ]	LET
[ ]	TIN

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
This bird does seem to have a most extraordinary talent for MIMI.

[ ]	LOG
[ ]	TIT
[ ]	CRY
[ ]	FLY

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
We were so sorry to hear about your loss in the family, and send you all our deepest SYMHY.

[ ]	PON
[ ]	PAT
[ ]	TEN
[ ]	LEG

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
Anything that needs to catch the public eye, such as alarm signals or maybe advertising, works best if it is brightly-COLOU.

[ ]	DEN
[ ]	SOP
[ ]	WIN
[ ]	RED

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
These international cargo vessels are very cleverly engineered these days; they can ship tons of produce around the world, as though in a giant REFERATOR.

[ ]	BIG
[ ]	RIG
[ ]	PAN
[ ]	ORB

[ ]	PIN
[ ]	SET
[ ]	MAN
[ ]	FIG

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The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
The rats and other vermin were rapidly MULLYING among the old rubbish.

[ ]	FAN
[ ]	TIP
[ ]	TOP
[ ]	RAN

English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Verbal Reasoning - Complete the Word 3 (Answers)

[ ]	TRY
[x]	RAN
[ ]	COG
[ ]	DEN

It might indeed be healthier if fitter people RAN our tRANsport (joggers, for instance)!

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
You can wear WEVER you please on your head, in weather like this.

[ ]	CAP
[ ]	PEG
[x]	HAT
[ ]	POT

... any HAT wHATever, in fact

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
The girl emerged from the room looking as white as a ET.

[ ]	HER
[x]	SHE
[ ]	HIM
[ ]	ITS

SHE was as white as a SHEet, poor lass

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
This program appears to be a CONUATION of what they were showing last week.

[ ]	CAN
[ ]	MAY
[ ]	LET
[x]	TIN

The story conTINues, presumably

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
This bird does seem to have a most extraordinary talent for MIMI.

[ ]	LOG
[ ]	TIT
[x]	CRY
[ ]	FLY

MimiCRY (with or without the bird actually imitating a baby, or screeching!) is the art of sounding like something else

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
We were so sorry to hear about your loss in the family, and send you all our deepest SYMHY.

[ ]	PON
[x]	PAT
[ ]	TEN
[ ]	LEG

We are symPAThetic to them at a sorry time. (Perhaps the now-missing member of their family was called Pat?)

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
Anything that needs to catch the public eye, such as alarm signals or maybe advertising, works best if it is brightly-COLOU.

[ ]	DEN
[ ]	SOP
[ ]	WIN
[x]	RED

... colouRED (what else?)

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
These international cargo vessels are very cleverly engineered these days; they can ship tons of produce around the world, as though in a giant REFERATOR.

[ ]	BIG
[x]	RIG
[ ]	PAN
[ ]	ORB

They are RIGged to transport refRIGerated goods worldwide

[x]	PIN
[ ]	SET
[ ]	MAN
[ ]	FIG

A PIN is a sharp and pointed thing; perhaps no surprise to see it lurking inside someone's oPINion!

10.

The sentence contains an incomplete word in capitals: you need to pick which of the four three-letter words on offer would fit into it (or onto it, somewhere), to make fuller and more likely overall sense.
The rats and other vermin were rapidly MULLYING among the old rubbish.

[ ]	FAN
[x]	TIP
[ ]	TOP
[ ]	RAN

They would naturally mulTIPly amid all the rubbish on the TIP