Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun or determiner.
1. ........................... of these authors is known to me.
Correct!
Wrong!
Neither means not the one nor the other.
2. I don't know ........................... of these authors.
Correct!
Wrong!
Not either means the same as neither. Both is not used in negative sentences.
3. There are very ............................ good restaurants in this town.
Correct!
Wrong!
Very means hardly any.
4. There are .............................. any good restaurants in this town.
Correct!
Wrong!
Hardly any means the same as very few.
5. I haven't got cats ............................. dogs.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. I have got ............................. cats ........................ dogs.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Neither / nor and both/and are possible here with totally opposite meanings.
7. I haven't got ............................. cats ....................... dogs.
Correct!
Wrong!
Both is not used in negative sentences. Not either means the same as neither.
8. ........................... the participants were given a prize.
Correct!
Wrong!
Each and every are followed by singular verbs. All is followed by a plural verb.
9. ............................ the participants was given a prize.
Correct!
Wrong!
We use each of before an article. All of should be followed by a plural verb.
10. He is a good friend of ..................................
Correct!
Wrong!
11. I wanted to kill that ....................................
Correct!
Wrong!
12. You are not better than ....................................
Correct!
Wrong!
Object pronouns are more common after than and as.
Answers
- Neither of these authors is known to me. (neither / either)
- I don’t know either of these authors.
- There are very few good restaurants in this town.
- There are hardly any any good restaurants in this town.
- I haven’t got cats or dogs.
- I have got neither cats nor dogs.
- I haven’t got either cats or dogs.
- All the participants were given a prize.
- Each of the participants was given a prize.
- He is a good friend of mine.
- I wanted to kill that friend of yours.
- You are no better than him.
