Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1We have planted ............... lilies in the garden.
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Use "some" in an affirmative plural sentence.
2............... there water on the moon?
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Use "Is" with singular or uncountable nouns after there.
3............... me your pen.
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Use "Lend" when someone gives something to another person temporarily.
4Cinema is different from theatre in ............... ways.
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Use "many" with plural countable nouns such as ways.
5I don’t ............... like strawberries.
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Use "much" as an adverb in this negative sentence.
6She is selfish, but somehow I can’t help ............... her.
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After can’t help, use the -ing form "liking".
7Suddenly I realized that I ............... something burning.
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Use "could smell" to report a past ability or perception after realized.
8Let him ...............
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After let, use the base verb "speak" without to.
9Then she ............... something unexpected.
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Use "did" with something to talk about an unspecified action.
10I really ............... when I visited Venice.
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Use the reflexive phrase "enjoyed myself" when enjoy has no other object.
11Is the water ............... for you?
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The correct order is adjective plus enough: "warm enough".
12The new machine will ............... us to do more.
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Use the verb "enable" before an object and a to-infinitive.
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- 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.