State whether the verbs in the following sentences are transitive or intransitive. Answers The child slept soundly. — Intransitive The girl smiled sweetly. — Intransitive… Continue reading
Word Usage: Bore and Borne, Avail Yourself Of and Bereft Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase. Answers The tree has never borne fruit before. The tree bore plenty of fruit last… Continue reading
Word Usage: Bad vs Badly, Bated Breath and Back Away Exercise
Fill in the blanks. Answers We got a bang out of seeing the movie star. The trainer backed away from the enraged tiger. He never… Continue reading
Prepositions Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition. Answers Don’t make such a fuss over / about which dress to wear. The ship sank to… Continue reading
Tenses Exercise
Fill in the blanks. Answers She blushes every time a boy talks to her. He boasted that he was the best swimmer in school. She… Continue reading