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Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.Series
Within this paragraph, a pattern occurs. Replace the blank with the choices below.
After giving food to her pet manatee, Barbara tried to buy a cupcake from the student store at her local school. Her absence yesterday was unacceptable, and the store would not sell her anything until she would confess to what happened yesterday. 'Barbie', as many of her peers would call her, admitted to doing something naughty to the principal. Yesterday, she cut school to shop at the local fashion store. The principal commented that she would never achieve anything if she continued to be a truant, and that she has an unstable grade in every subject. Barbie reckons that she will more likely go to college if she makes a promise not to be a flunker and turn in her reports on time. Later that day, with the company of her best friend, she made a marvelous banquet to serve to her vibrant classmates. They even made a dessert. Although she's an amateur in the culinary arts, Barbie and her friend really made themselves popular with each serving. Yet Johnny said that Barbie was being a showoff. For them to coexist in peace, Barbie proposed giving Johnny her bicycle. Johnny tried to ride it, but his path was not straight; he kept riding in _______.
Choose from:
1) Sawtooth waves.
2) Zigzags.
3) Circles.
4) Spirals.
After giving food to her pet manatee, Barbara tried to buy a cupcake from the student store at her local school. Her absence yesterday was unacceptable, and the store would not sell her anything until she would confess to what happened yesterday. 'Barbie', as many of her peers would call her, admitted to doing something naughty to the principal. Yesterday, she cut school to shop at the local fashion store. The principal commented that she would never achieve anything if she continued to be a truant, and that she has an unstable grade in every subject. Barbie reckons that she will more likely go to college if she makes a promise not to be a flunker and turn in her reports on time. Later that day, with the company of her best friend, she made a marvelous banquet to serve to her vibrant classmates. They even made a dessert. Although she's an amateur in the culinary arts, Barbie and her friend really made themselves popular with each serving. Yet Johnny said that Barbie was being a showoff. For them to coexist in peace, Barbie proposed giving Johnny her bicycle. Johnny tried to ride it, but his path was not straight; he kept riding in _______.
Choose from:
1) Sawtooth waves.
2) Zigzags.
3) Circles.
4) Spirals.
Hint
Look carefully at a particular letter in each word with a certain amount of letters.Answer
The answer is 2) Zigzags.Throughout the paragraph, each 7-letter word contains a middle letter that progresses through the alphabet:
MAN[A]TEE
BAR[B]ARA
CUP[C]AKE
STU[D]ENT
ABS[E]NCE
CON[F]ESS
NAU[G]HTY
FAS[H]ION
ACH[I]EVE
SUB[J]ECT
REC[K]ONS
COL[L]EGE
PRO[M]ISE
FLU[N]KER
REP[O]RTS
COM[P]ANY
BAN[Q]UET
VIB[R]ANT
DES[S]ERT
AMA[T]EUR
POP[U]LAR
SER[V]ING
SHO[W]OFF
COE[X]IST
BIC[Y]CLE
ZIG[Z]AGS (solution)
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