Fill in the blanks.
1. She worked ……………………….. and passed the examination.
Hard is an adverb. Hardly is also an adverb, but it has a very different meaning. It is similar to scarcely.
2. I am …………………………… about this.
Very is normally used without much before adjectives and adverbs.
3. The movie was ……………………….. interesting.
Please select 2 correct answers
Too has a negative meaning. It means more than is necessary or required. So and very are possible here.
4. He …………………………. his father closely.
There is no preposition between resemble and its object.
5. Hardly ……………………………. any rest since one week.
Hardly is a negative word. When a negative word or expression comes at the beginning of the sentence, it is followed by an inverted word order – that means the auxiliary goes before the subject.
6. That boy does ………………………
Mischief is an uncountable noun. We use much to modify it.
7. He is getting ……………………….. day by day.
Comparative form of the adjective is preferred here because there is an implied comparison between his present and previous states.
8. If you disturb him, he ……………………………. get angry.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in the main clause.
9. You had better …………………………… another application.
Had better is followed by an infinitive without to.
10. …………………………… across the field, I saw a dead horse.
Please select 2 correct answers
11. Rome was ……………………… by Romulus.
Found is the past and past participle form of find. Founded is the past participle form of found.
12. His grandfather is ………………………….
Dead is an adjective and died is a verb. We need an adjective here because 'is' is a verb of incomplete predication.
Answers
1. She worked hard and passed the examination.
2. I am very sorry about this.
3. The movie was very / so interesting.
4. He resembles his father closely.
5. Hardly have I had any rest since one week.
6. That boy does much mischief.
7. He is getting better day by day.
8. If you disturb him, he will get angry.
9. You had better send another application.
10. While walking / While I was walking across the field, I saw a dead horse.
11. Rome was founded by Romulus.
12. His grandfather is dead.
