Complete the following sentences.
1I think ............... time to call it quits.
Wrong!
Use "it's" because it means "it is" in this sentence.
2How ............... do you speak English?
Wrong!
Use "well" because it describes the verb "speak".
3I like that teacher. She is ...............
Wrong!
Use "good" because it describes the teacher after the linking verb "is".
4She speaks ............... French.
Wrong!
Use "good" because it describes the noun "French".
5She has got longer hair ............... I have.
Wrong!
Use "than" after a comparative such as "longer".
6He attributed the failure of the project to ............... lack of appeal to the masses.
Wrong!
Use "its" because it is the possessive form of "it".
7............... is a bridge across the river.
Wrong!
Use "There" to introduce the existence of something.
8They sent more food ............... I had ordered.
Wrong!
Use "than" after a comparative such as "more".
9Do you know anybody ............... going to London in the next few weeks?
Wrong!
Use "who's" because it means "who is" in this sentence.
10............... coat is this?
Wrong!
Use "Whose" because it asks about possession.
Answers
- I think it’s time to call it quits.
- How well do you speak English?
- I like that teacher. She is good
- She speaks good French.
- She has got longer hair than I have.
- He attributed the failure of the project to its lack of appeal to the masses.
- There is a bridge across the river.
- They sent more food than I had ordered.
- Do you know anybody who’s going to London in the next few weeks?
- Whose coat is this?
Notes
- It’s is the contracted form of
- it is or
- it has.
- Its is a possessive form like his and her.
- Whose is the possessive form of
- who.
- Who’s means
- who is or
- who has.
- Than is used to form comparative sentences.
- Then is an adverb.
- Good is an adjective. It is used to modify a noun.
- Well is an adverb. It is used to modify a verb.
