Fill in the blanks.
1. It is ........................... day.
Quite usually goes before a/an.
2. They are ............................... richer than us.
Please select 2 correct answers
We do not use quite with comparatives.
3. The train is now ................................. Victoria Terminus.
There is no preposition after approach.
4. She ................................. a friend of hers.
The verb marry does not take a preposition. However, be married is followed by to. She is married to a friend of hers.
5. See you .............................. Monday.
Prepositions are not used with the expressions next week, last Friday, tomorrow, yesterday etc.
6. Everybody except ......................... came.
Object pronouns are used after except and but.
7. I .......................... very ill last week.
We do not use the present perfect with past time expressions.
8. Take your bag and pass me ..............................
9. I will miss you when you ........................... away.
When both clauses refer to the future, we use a present tense in the when-clause.
10. People really .............................. work hard in those days.
Use had to to talk about past obligations and compulsions.
11. In just three months in the job he made ............................. thoroughly unpopular.
12. ............................... all money, I went home with a heavy heart.
The perfect participle (having lost) is used when one action follows another. The present participle is used when the two actions occur simultaneously.
Answers
- It is quite a nice day.
- They are much / rather richer than us.
- The train is now approaching Victoria Terminus.
- She married a friend of hers.
- See you next Monday.
- Everybody except him came.
- I was very ill last week.
- Take your bag and pass me mine.
- I will miss you when you are away.
- People really had to work hard in those days.
- In just three months in the job he made himself thoroughly unpopular.
- Having lost all money, I went home with a heavy heart.
