Exercise 5
Some of the sentences in the following passage are incomplete. From the choices provided, select the word or word group that best completes each sentence.
Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was one of the most productive poets in all of American literature. She
(1)
__________ nearly 1,800 poems, many of which were discovered only after her death in 1886.
Dickinson
(2)
__________ traveled or even left her house. She didn't even like to leave her room to greet visitors. She used
(3)
__________ language and generally wrote poems that are composed of brief four-line stanzas. Her poems, although short, explored large issues like the search for knowledge, the concept of time, and the meaning of life. Through her poetry, Emily Dickinson
(4)
__________ in affecting the world outside of her little house in Amherst.
1. She __________ nearly 1,800 poems, many of which were discovered only after her death in 1886.
writes
wrote
had written
was writing
2. Dickinson __________ traveled or even left her house.
barely never
almost never
not never
hardly never
3. She used __________ language and generally wrote poems that are composed of brief four-line stanzas.
simplify
simpleness
simple
simply
4. Through her poetry, Emily Dickinson __________ in affecting the world outside of her little house in Amherst.
succeeded
will succeed
succeed
are succeeding
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