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Sentence correction: grammar exercise

April 28, 2013 - A2pdf

Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word or phrase.

Progress 0 of 10 answered
1Sid can play tennis as ............... as his brother.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "well" after the verb phrase "can play" to describe how Sid plays.
2The match had hardly begun ............... it started raining.
Wrong!
The correlative phrase is "hardly" with "when" to show one event happened immediately after another.
3That was ............... a mistake.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "surely" to modify the whole idea that it was a mistake.
4He talks more ............... than his brother. Needless to say, he is the more popular of the two.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "pleasantly" to describe how he talks.
5When you become a parent, you will think ............... about children.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "differently" to describe how you will think.
6I felt ............... about not having won the championship.
Wrong!
Use the adjective "bad" after the linking verb "felt" to describe a feeling.
7Winning is not ............... as important as playing well.
Wrong!
Use "nearly" in "not nearly as" to mean much less than.
8His behavior seemed a little ...............
Wrong!
Use the adjective "odd" after the linking verb "seemed" to describe his behavior.
9He didn’t run ............... enough to qualify for the race.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "well" to describe how he ran.
10We could ............... see the snow-capped mountains at a distance.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "clearly" to describe how we could see the mountains.
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  1. Sid can play tennis as well as his brother.
  2. The match had hardly begun when it started raining.
  3. That was surely a mistake.
  4. He talks more pleasantly than his brother. Needless to say, he is the more popular of the two.
  5. When you become a parent, you will think differently about children.
  6. I felt bad about not having won the championship.
  7. Winning is not nearly as important as playing well.
  8. His behavior seemed a little odd
  9. He didn’t run well enough to qualify for the race.
  10. We could clearly see the snow-capped mountains at a distance.
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