Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. We have planted ……………………… lilies in the garden.
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Wrong!
Use some in affirmative sentences and any in questions and negatives. A cannot be used with plural nouns.
2. …………………….. there water on the moon?
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Wrong!
When the noun following there is singular, the verb is singular.
3. ………………………. me your pen.
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Wrong!
Lend is singular to give; borrow is similar to take.
4. Cinema is different from theatre in ………………………….. ways.
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Wrong!
Use many with a plural noun.
5. I don’t ………………………… like strawberries.
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Wrong!
Much can be an adverb. Many is not used like this.
6. She is selfish but somehow I can’t help ………………………. her.
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Wrong!
Can't help is followed by an ing form.
7. Suddenly I realized that I ……………………… something burning.
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Wrong!
8. Let him …………………………
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Wrong!
9. Then she …………………………. something unexpected.
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Wrong!
10. I really ……………………….. when I visited Venice.
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Wrong!
Enjoy should always have an object. If there is no other object, we use the reflexive pronoun.
11. Is the water ………………………….. for you?
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When enough is an adverb, it goes after the word modified by it.
12. The new machine will …………………………. us to do more.
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Wrong!
To enable someone is to make them capable of doing something.
Answers
- We have planted some lilies in the garden.
- Is there water on the moon?
- Lend me your pen.
- Cinema is different from theatre in many ways.
- I don’t much like strawberries.
- She is selfish but somehow I can’t help liking her.
- Suddenly I realized that I could smell something burning.
- Let him speak.
- Then she did something unexpected.
- I really enjoyed myself when I visited Venice.
- Is the water warm enough for you?
- The new machine will enable us to do more.
