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Gap Filling Exercise

July 19, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. We walked ...................... the wood.

Correct! Wrong!

Through is similar to in. It shows movement inside three dimensional spaces.

2. You will soon have an accident ....................... you go on driving like that.

Correct! Wrong!

3. They set off ........................ dawn.

Correct! Wrong!

We say at dawn.

4. You .......................... that frock to school.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Both structures can be used to give commands or to refuse.

5. You ....................... help me.

Correct! Wrong!

Had better is used to give strong advice.

6. She spends ............................ her money on cosmetics.

Correct! Wrong!

Either half or half of can be used before a noun with a determiner.

7. He is never late, .............................?

Correct! Wrong!

Never is a negative word; hence, we use an affirmative tag here.

8. I had no sooner closed the door ......................... somebody knocked.

Correct! Wrong!

No sooner is a comparative expression; use than after it.

9. Hardly had I closed my eyes ............................. I started fantasizing things.

Correct! Wrong!

10. We will start .............................. James arrives.

Correct! Wrong!

11. Look ........................ the mirror before you drive off.

Correct! Wrong!

12. Don’t do that again .......................... you will be in trouble.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. We walked through the wood.

2. You will soon have an accident if you go on driving like that.

3. They set off at dawn.

4. You are not wearing / are not going to wear that frock to school.

5. You had better help me.

6. She spends half / half of her money on cosmetics.

7. He is never late, is he?

8. I had no sooner closed the door than somebody knocked.

9. Hardly had I closed my eyes when/before I started fantasizing things.

10. We will start as soon as James arrives.

11. Look in the mirror before you drive off.

12. Don’t do that again or you will be in trouble.

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