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Ingenious / Ingenuous - Exercise 2

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

1.  Johnny's kindergarten teacher devised an (ingenious ingenuous) plan for keeping the class quiet.

2.  If everyone was as (ingenious ingenuous) as my little sister, a lot of people would get their feelings hurt.

3.  The NASA team celebrated their (ingenious ingenuous) method for communicating in outer space.

4.  My husband's (ingenious ingenuous) explanation for coming home late further cemented my trust in him.

5.  The (ingenious ingenuous) doctor took a small piece of bone from the hip to repair the fractured skull.

6.  Politicians often lack (ingenious ingenuous) speeches.

7.  As a former boy scout, his knowledge of the woods and water proved to be (ingenious ingenuous).

8.  The newcomer to the town was (ingenious ingenuous) to the gossip that occurred between neighbors.

9.  If you have a more (ingenious ingenuous) idea than what has already been presented at the conference, please voice it now.

10.  I'm not sure how (ingenious ingenuous) the witness's story was, but it surely was moving.