Fill in the blanks with an appropriate noun or verb.
1Be careful not to ............... your money.
Wrong!
Use the verb "lose" when you mean not keep or misplace something.
2Have they ............... this box?
Wrong!
The past participle of the verb weigh is "weighed".
3Mathematics ............... not easy to learn.
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The school subject Mathematics takes the singular verb "is".
4You have to learn this ............... by heart.
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A single piece to memorize by heart is a "poem".
5When she entered her room, she saw her books lying on the ...............
Wrong!
Inside a room, the surface you walk on is the "floor".
6Which is the ............... to the railway station?
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When asking for a route to a place, "road" is the better choice here.
7Are you ............... in this program?
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Use "interested" to describe how a person feels about something.
8She sometimes ............... purple shoes.
Wrong!
Use "wears" to describe having clothes or shoes on regularly.
9There ............... a lot of apples on the tree.
Wrong!
With the plural noun phrase a lot of apples, use "are".
10What ............... eat?
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In a present simple question with a plural subject, use "do cows".
Answers
- Be careful not to lose your money.
- Have they weighed this box?
- Mathematics is not easy to learn.
- You have to learn this poem by heart.
- When she entered her room, she saw her books lying on the floor.
- Which is the road to the railway station?
- Are you interested in this program?
- She sometimes wears purple shoes.
- There are a lot of apples on the tree.
- What do cows eat?
