Choose the correct word to put in the blank, forth or fourth.
"The instant she decided to move, her bottled excitement burst _____." (John Updike, "Incest." The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003)
"Let the word go _____ from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans." (President John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961)
Jake's _____ grade class was given an assignment to draw something interesting that can be found inside the house.
"Upon first contact, the smell was acrid and offensive, but by the second or third whiff it was acceptable enough, and by the _____ or fifth, downright agreeable." (Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume. Bantam, 1984)
"Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put _____ your best." (Juliette Gordon Low)
"But now in her second job, in her _____ year of teaching in the Midwest, Zoë was discovering something she had never suspected she had: a crusty edge, brittle and pointed." (Lorrie Moore, "You're Ugly, Too." The New Yorker, 1990)
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Answers:
"The instant she decided to move, her bottled excitement burst forth." (John Updike, "Incest." The Early Stories: 1953-1975. Knopf, 2003)
"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans." (President John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961)
Jake's fourth grade class was given an assignment to draw something interesting that can be found inside the house.
"Upon first contact, the smell was acrid and offensive, but by the second or third whiff it was acceptable enough, and by the fourth or fifth, downright agreeable." (Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume. Bantam, 1984)
"Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best." (Juliette Gordon Low)
"But now in her second job, in her fourth year of teaching in the Midwest, Zoë was discovering something she had never suspected she had: a crusty edge, brittle and pointed." (Lorrie Moore, "You're Ugly, Too." The New Yorker, 1990)