Words you know: complete the sentences

hold the door · chair · queue-jump · residents' association · agenda item

• The Seattle ____ organized a cleanup drive for the local park last Saturday.
• Emily agreed to ____ the monthly meeting of the Boston planning board.
• Reviewing the community survey was the second ____ on the Chicago agenda.
• Mark kindly stopped to ____ for a neighbor carrying heavy grocery bags in Austin.
• Nobody in the Portland queue appreciated seeing someone try to ____ .

Remember: Negative Inversion

• Rarely ___ such heated debates at a Seattle planning meeting. [have we witnessed / we have witnessed]
• Not only ___ the neighborhood plan, but they also funded its rollout. [did the council approve / the council approved]
• Seldom ___ a community survey generate such overwhelming public feedback. [does / it does]
• Under no circumstances ___ public green space be sacrificed for parking. [should / it should]

Remember: Cleft Sentences

• ___ was the lack of affordable housing that sparked outrage in Boston. [It / What]
• ___ residents want is genuine consultation before any implementation. [What / It]
• ___ was in Seattle that the first pedestrianization pilot took place. [It / What]
• ___ surprised the planning committee was the high voter turnout. [What / It]

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