Fill in the blanks.
1Have you read ............... was an earthquake in Turkey?
Wrong!
Use "there" to introduce the fact that an earthquake happened.
2The dog waited ............... the front gate.
Wrong!
Use "beside" to mean "next to" a place.
3A bus runs ............... our house.
Wrong!
Use "past" as a preposition meaning "by" in this sentence.
4I ............... left my purse at home.
Wrong!
Use "must have" before a past participle to show a strong conclusion about the past.
5She is ............... aggressive of the two.
Wrong!
Use "the more" when comparing two people or things.
6I cannot bear the thought of ............... leaving.
Wrong!
Use the possessive "his" before a gerund in formal English.
7An argument developed between his sister and ...............
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "him" after the preposition "between".
8............... it snows, we cannot ski tomorrow.
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Use "Unless" to introduce a condition meaning "if not".
Answers
- Have you read there was an earthquake in Turkey?
- The dog waited beside the front gate.
- A bus runs past our house.
- I must have left my purse at home.
- She is the more aggressive of the two.
- I cannot bear the thought of his leaving.
- An argument developed between his sister and him
- Unless it snows, we cannot ski tomorrow.
