Fill in the blanks.
1. I have heard this …………………
Before can mean at any time before now/then.
2. I haven’t heard anything from him ………………….
Lately means recently.
3. He called me a few minutes ……………………..
Ago is used with a past tense and a time expression to count back from the present.
4. He once met me in Egypt. I have not seen him …………………..
We use since to reckon from a point of time in the past.
5. That day he arrived ………………………
Late is the opposite of early.
6. He ……………………. to do his best.
Adverbs of frequency usually go after the modal auxiliary verb and before other verbs.
7. He …………………….. mistakes.
Adverbs of frequency usually go after the modal auxiliary verb and before other verbs.
8. This is ……………………… for our purpose.
9. The patient is …………………… worse today.
Worse is the comparative form of bad. We use much to modify comparative adjectives. More is not possible here.
10. Ambition urged me …………………..
Forward and forwards are both correct as adverbs.
11. Do not walk so ……………………..
Fast is the adverb.
12. The reason …………………….. I came here was to be with my family.
Answers
1. I have heard this before.
2. I haven’t heard anything from him lately.
3. He called me a few minutes ago.
4. He once met me in Egypt. I have not seen him since.
5. That day he arrived late.
6. He always tries to do his best.
7. He often makes mistakes.
8. This is good enough for our purpose.
9. The patient is much worse today.
10. Ambition urged me forward/forwards.
11. Do not walk so fast.
12. The reason why / that I came here was to be with my family.
