Complete the following sentences.
1............... surprisingly, we missed the train.
Wrong!
Use "Not" before an adverb to make the whole statement negative.
2I can see you tomorrow, but ............... on Tuesday.
Wrong!
Use "not" to make the phrase "on Tuesday" negative.
3Let me know if you have ............... trouble.
Wrong!
Use "any" in this conditional sentence after "if".
4............... people have ever seen her laugh.
Wrong!
Use "Few" with the plural countable noun "people".
5Is she here ...............?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "yet" and "already" can complete this question naturally, with different meanings.
6He denied that he had ............... seen her.
Wrong!
Use "ever" after "denied" to mean "at any time" without a double negative.
7............... you say, I won't believe you.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "No matter what" and "Whatever" mean that the result will not change.
8I ............... support the conservative party.
Wrong!
Use "no longer" to say that something was true before but is not true now.
9............... are going to be rainy.
Wrong!
Use "The next few days" for a short period of several days starting now.
10............... was there.
Wrong!
Use "Neither of my parents" when talking about two parents and saying not one of them was there.
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- Not surprisingly, we missed the train.
- I can see you tomorrow, but not on Tuesday.
- Let me know if you have any trouble.
- Few people have ever seen her laugh.
- Is she here yet / already?
- He denied that he had ever seen her.
- No matter what / Whatever you say, I won’t believe you.
- I no longer support the conservative party.
- The next few days are going to be rainy.
- Neither of my parents was there.
