Fill in the blanks.
1. This box is made ………………………. plastic.
Correct!
Wrong!
We usually say made of when we identify the material with which something is made.
2. They made him ……………………….
Correct!
Wrong!
Make is followed by an infinitive without to.
3. You look ……………………….. your sister.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use like before a noun. Use as to introduce a clause.
4. I earn ……………………… money than a barber.
Correct!
Wrong!
Less is the comparative form of little.
5. I would like to spend …………………………… my time cooking.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use less of before a noun with a determiner. Use less/less of with uncountable nouns.
6. …………………………. people have stable jobs now.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use few/fewer with a plural noun.
7. If you want to lose weight, eat ……………………….. food.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use less with uncountable nouns.
8. One of the biggest men I had ever seen was …………………………… under a tree.
Correct!
Wrong!
To lie is to recline.
9. You ……………………………. have told her.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. There is a lot of work ……………………………..
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Wrong!
11. There was ……………………………….. to read.
Correct!
Wrong!
When enough is an adjective, it goes before the noun modified by it.
12. He was told ……………………………. smoking.
Correct!
Wrong!
Tell is followed by an infinitive with to.
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.
