Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1We have planted ............... lilies in the garden.
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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When the noun following there is singular, the verb is singular.
3............... me your pen.
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Lend is singular to give; borrow is similar to take.
4Cinema is different from theatre in ............... ways.
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Use many with a plural noun.
5I don’t ............... like strawberries.
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Much can be an adverb. Many is not used like this.
6She is selfish but somehow I can’t help ............... her.
Wrong!
Can't help is followed by an ing form.
7Suddenly I realized that I ............... something burning.
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8Let him ...............
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9Then she ............... something unexpected.
Wrong!
10I really ............... when I visited Venice.
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Enjoy should always have an object. If there is no other object, we use the reflexive pronoun.
11Is the water ............... for you?
Wrong!
When enough is an adverb, it goes after the word modified by it.
12The new machine will ............... us to do more.
Wrong!
To enable someone is to make them capable of doing something.
Done.
Score: 0/12
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.
