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Observance / Observation - Exercise 1

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. Sherlock Holmes had great powers of (   ).

2. Did Bobby complete the (   ) at his high school?

3. Jane attended the bridal party, in (   ) with tradition.

4. I have no talent for (   ); details always escape me.

5. Using keen (   ), the hunter tracked down the deer.

6. Do you follow the (   ) of Christmas?

7. In (   ) with the new law, the man was detained for questioning.

8. It takes skilled (   ) to work as a psychiatrist.

9. Larry followed the new (   ) in full effect to his supervisor's initiation.

10. Because I witnessed the fight, the police requested a record of my (   ).

             

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