Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun or determiner.
1............... of these authors is known to me.
Wrong!
Use "Neither" to mean not one and not the other of two people or things.
2I don't know ............... of these authors.
Wrong!
Use "either" after a negative verb to mean not one or the other of two people or things.
3There are very ............... good restaurants in this town.
Wrong!
Use "few" before a plural countable noun such as "restaurants".
4There are ............... any good restaurants in this town.
Wrong!
Use "hardly" before "any" to mean almost no.
5I haven't got cats ............... dogs.
Wrong!
Use "or" to join alternatives after a negative verb.
6I have got two pets: ...............
Wrong!
The phrase "both a cat and a dog" matches the meaning of two different pets.
7I haven't got any pets: ...............
Wrong!
The phrase "neither a cat nor a dog" means not a cat and not a dog.
8............... the participants were given a prize.
Wrong!
Use "All" with a plural noun and the plural verb "were".
9............... the participants was given a prize.
Wrong!
Use "Each of" before a plural noun phrase when the verb is singular.
10He is a good friend of ...............
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "mine" after "of" in this structure.
11I met a friend of ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "yours" after "of" in "a friend of yours".
12You are not better than ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "he" and "him" can follow "than", though "him" is more common in everyday English.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Neither of these authors is known to me.
- I don’t know either of these authors.
- There are very few good restaurants in this town.
- There are hardly any good restaurants in this town.
- I haven’t got cats or dogs.
- I have got two pets: both a cat and a dog.
- I haven’t got any pets: neither a cat nor a dog.
- All the participants were given a prize.
- Each of the participants was given a prize.
- He is a good friend of mine.
- I met a friend of yours yesterday.
- You are not better than he / him.