Fill in the blanks.
1. Please explain ...............................
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Wrong!
Explain cannot be directly followed by an indirect object. It is followed by direct object + to + indirect object.
2. He goes ………………………….. work every day.
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Wrong!
To shows direction. At shows position. For shows purpose.
3. You must stop ..................................
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Wrong!
To stop to smoke is to stop so that you can take a smoke.
4. I am quite confident ............................ success.
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Wrong!
5. I ........................... a new laptop.
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Wrong!
6. They shared the food ............................ themselves.
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Wrong!
Between is used to speak of two people or things. Use among for more than two.
7. He divided the money ............................. his children.
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Wrong!
8. He has been cured ................................. his illness.
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Wrong!
9. There is no harm ................................. this.
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Wrong!
10. There is a saying ................................. Hindus.
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Wrong!
11. I gave him a chair to .................................
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Wrong!
12. We ............................... the matter.
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Wrong!
Discuss does not take a preposition after it.
Answers
- Please explain this to me.
- He goes to work every day.
- You must stop smoking.
- I am quite confident of success.
- I ordered a new laptop.
- They shared the food among themselves.
- He divided the money among his children.
- He has been cured of his illness.
- There is no harm in doing this.
- There is a saying among Hindus.
- I gave him a chair to sit on.
- We discussed the matter.
