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Disappearing Vowel

Interest

Print out the page.
Fill in the blank spaces with the correct word:
interest(s), interested, interesting, interestingly

  1. She is ___________ in languages.
  2. She's not ___________ in doing household chores.
  3. Languages are _________ to her.
  4. Doing household chores is not ___________.
  5. She has had a life-long __________ in languages.
  6. The doctor has the __________ of her patients at heart.
  7. She finds knitting __________ because it's intricate, and she can make wonderful gifts for her children & grandchildren.
  8. What ________ you? Nothing, well then find yourself something.
  9. Some people who study language are _________ in improving their accents and others are not.
  10. Finance and investing are ___________ subjects.
  11. Many people are_________ in understanding more about their finances.
  12. _________ enough, Mary has kept her tax returns for the last thirty years in her files. That's really unusual.
  13. _________, he was the only one in the whole office who knew what to do when the accident happened.
  14. John has a great many ____________ to keep him busy.
  15. One of our neighbors has been a subject of ___________ to the FBI for weeks now.
  16. She showed an ___________ in ballet at a young age.
  17. I never expected to meet such an ___________ person.
  18. I never expected to meet a person ____________ in the same things that I am.
  19. What are you ____________ in doing this weekend?
  20. Oh, I have lots of ___________ things to do this weekend. It's hard to choose.

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