Fill in the blanks.
1This box is made ………………………. plastic.
Wrong!
We usually say made of when we identify the material with which something is made.
2They made him ……………………….
Wrong!
Make is followed by an infinitive without to.
3You look ……………………….. your sister.
Wrong!
Use like before a noun. Use as to introduce a clause.
4I earn ……………………… money than a barber.
Wrong!
Less is the comparative form of little.
5I would like to spend …………………………… my time cooking.
Wrong!
Use less of before a noun with a determiner. Use less/less of with uncountable nouns.
6…………………………. people have stable jobs now.
Wrong!
Use few/fewer with a plural noun.
7If you want to lose weight, eat ……………………….. food.
Wrong!
Use less with uncountable nouns.
8One of the biggest men I had ever seen was …………………………… under a tree.
Wrong!
To lie is to recline.
9You ……………………………. have told her.
Wrong!
10There is a lot of work ……………………………..
Wrong!
11There was ……………………………….. to read.
Wrong!
When enough is an adjective, it goes before the noun modified by it.
12He was told ……………………………. smoking.
Wrong!
Tell is followed by an infinitive with to.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- This box is made of plastic.
- They made him apologize.
- You look like your sister.
- I earn less money than a barber.
- I would like to spend less of my time cooking.
- Fewer people have stable jobs now.
- If you want to lose weight, eat less food.
- One of the biggest men I had ever seen was lying under a tree.
- You needn’t have / didn’t need to have told her.
- There is a lot of work to do / to be done.
- There was enough light to read.
- He was told to quit smoking.
