> Sentence Check 1 Using the answer line provided, complete each item below with the correct word from the box. Use each
word once.
a. affirm
c. allude
d. coerce
b. alleged
g. Immunity
e. elite
j. sadistic
f. essence
h. impair
i. query
1. The Puritan colonists (e)d Native Americans into slavery by capturing
and selling them to buyers in the West Indies.
2. The war criminal had laughed while he tortured his victims.
3. Drugs and alcohol
a person's ability to drive.
4. The of a paragraph is stated in its topic sentence.
5. As a child, I didn't enjoy total from punishment, but my parents rarely
spanked me.
6. During the spelling bee, the judge would that a spelling was correct by
nodding silently
7. The car thief could not possibly be guilty. Not only was he out of town
on the day of the thelt, but he cannot drive,
8. A(n) group of doctors, including the country's top brain surgeons, met
to discuss a new operation.
9. When two people are arrested for the same crime, the police them
separately to see if they give the same answers.
10. My brother and I used secret names to to certain relatives. For
example, if we wished to speak about Aunt Dotty, we instead spoke about
"an old Chevy."