Fill in the blanks. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic English grammar rules and structures.
1. …………………….. people want a new system.
We use most before a noun without a determiner.
2. She is the nicest ……………………… them all.
After superlatives we use of before plurals.
3. It was ten times …………………………. difficult than I expected.
4. It would be better if we …………………………. it the other way up.
When the verb in the if clause is in the simple past tense, we use would + infinitive in the main clause.
5. This doesn’t ……………………… very nice.
The infinitive is used without to after do, does and did.
6. I don’t like ……………………….. of my grammar teachers.
7. Either Peter or Jack ……………………… here in the morning.
We use a singular verb after either…or.
8. I’m ……………………… a phone call from my boss at 3.30.
We wait when somebody or something is late.
9. Mumbai is ………………………… away than Bangalore.
Both further and farther can be used to talk about distance.
10. I always felt ………………………… when I was with him.
Feel is a copular verb. We use adjectives, not adverbs to modify copular verbs.
11. We ……………………… to Greece next week.
We use the present continuous to talk about personal arrangements.
12. ………………………… having a headache, I enjoyed the film.
Despite is a preposition and we use a preposition before a noun or an ing form.
Answers
1. Most people want a new system.
2. She is the nicest of them all.
3. It was ten times more difficult than I expected.
4. It would be better if we turned it the other way up.
5. This doesn’t taste very nice.
6. I don’t like either of my grammar teachers.
7. Either Peter or Jack was here in the morning.
8. I’m expecting a phone call from my boss at 3.30.
9. Mumbai is farther / further away than Bangalore.
10. I always felt inferior when I was with him.
11. We are going to Greece next week.
12. Despite having a headache, I enjoyed the film.
