Words like their andthere, its and it’s are often confused. This exercise tests your understanding of similar word pairs.
Complete the given sentences.
1............... knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Wrong!
The proverb uses "A little" to mean a small amount of knowledge.
2............... children are innocent.
Wrong!
"Little" means young or small when it describes children.
3............... children are interested in reading, so the library is almost always empty.
Wrong!
"Few" means not many and gives a negative idea, which matches the almost empty library.
4He has ............... buildings of his own.
Wrong!
"Many" is used with countable plural nouns like "buildings".
5The ............... half of the film is more interesting than the former.
Wrong!
"Latter" means the second of two parts already mentioned.
6My ............... brother is two years older than I am.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Elder" and "older" can both describe a brother who is older than you.
7Trains run ............... five minutes.
Wrong!
"Every" is used for regular intervals such as "five minutes".
8............... bag is this?
Wrong!
"Whose" asks who something belongs to.
9The dog has had ............... breakfast.
Wrong!
"Its" is the possessive form before the noun "breakfast".
10............... is something wrong with this computer.
Wrong!
"There" introduces the statement that something exists or is the case.
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- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
- Little children are innocent.
- Few children are interested in reading, so the library is almost always empty.
- He has many buildings of his own.
- The latter half of the film is more interesting than the former.
- My elder / older brother is two years older than I am.
- Trains run every five minutes.
- Whose bag is this?
- The dog has had its breakfast.
- There is something wrong with this computer.