Grammar Theme Park: House MD

The second season of House MD was ________ the top ten shows in the United States.

1. among
2. between
3. inside
4. over

________ famous detective Sherlock Holmes served as an inspiration for the series House MD.

1. ---
2. A
3. An
4. The

House can solve just about any medical mystery, ________ how complicated it might be.

1. despite the fact
2. ever
3. no matter
4. whatever

Thanks to his convincing American accent, most people ________ that Laurie is actually English.

1. doesn't know
2. don't know
3. know
4. knows

Hugh Laurie's accent is great! He probably got it from watching ________ many American movies when he was young.

1. enough
2. on
3. such
4. too

House is addicted to Vicodin, a drug he uses to ________ his pain.

1. ease
2. easier
3. easing
4. easy

On the audition tape, Laurie used an umbrella ________ of the cane.

1. against
2. apart
3. by means
4. instead

Patrick Dempsey, now ________ famous as Dr. Derek Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy, originally auditioned for the part of doctor Chase.

1. ---
2. is
3. so
4. the

________ anyone else to write on the whiteboard.

1. Hardly ever House allows
2. House doesn't hardly ever allow
3. House hardly ever allows
4. House hardly never allows

Besides Dr. James Wilson, House doesn't have ________ real friends.

1. another
2. any other
3. any others
4. others