Fill in the blanks. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic English grammar rules and structures.
1............... people want a new system.
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Use "Most" directly before a plural noun when speaking generally.
2She is the nicest ............... them all.
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After a superlative, use "of" before a plural group, as in "the nicest of them all".
3It was ten times ............... difficult than I expected.
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Use "more" after a multiplier such as "ten times" to form the comparative "more difficult" before "than".
4It would be better if we ............... it the other way up.
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In this second conditional sentence, the if-clause uses "turned".
5This doesn't ............... very nice.
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After "doesn't", use the base verb "taste".
6I have two grammar teachers, but I don't like ............... of them.
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With a negative verb, "either" means not one and not the other of two; "all" is used for more than two.
7Either Peter or Jack ............... here in the morning.
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With the singular subject phrase Either Peter or Jack, use "was" in the past.
8I'm ............... a phone call from my boss at 3:30.
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Use "expecting" when you believe something will happen at a particular time.
9Mumbai is ............... away than Bangalore.
Select 2 answers.
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For physical distance, both "farther" and "further" are correct.
10I always felt ............... when I was with him.
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After the linking verb felt, use the adjective "inferior".
11We ............... to Greece next week.
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Use "are going" for a fixed future arrangement.
12............... having a headache, I enjoyed the film.
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Use "Despite" before a gerund phrase such as having a headache.
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- Most people want a new system.
- She is the nicest of them all.
- It was ten times more difficult than I expected.
- It would be better if we turned it the other way up.
- This doesn’t taste very nice.
- I have two grammar teachers, but I don’t like either of them.
- Either Peter or Jack was here in the morning.
- I’m expecting a phone call from my boss at 3:30.
- Mumbai is farther / further away than Bangalore.
- I always felt inferior when I was with him.
- We are going to Greece next week.
- Despite having a headache, I enjoyed the film.