Fill in the blanks.
1No sooner had I seen the huge boulder lying in the middle of the road ............... I stopped the car.
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The correlative structure is "No sooner... than", so the correct answer is "than".
2It is high time we ............... the police.
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After "It is high time", we use a past-tense form, so the correct answer is "called".
3What is the feminine gender of "fox"?
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The feminine form of "fox" is "vixen".
4............... knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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The proverb begins with "A little" because it means a small amount of knowledge.
5............... is the sincerest form of flattery.
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The fixed saying is "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", so the correct answer is "Imitation".
6She told him a story. Identify the direct object.
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The thing told is the direct object, so the correct answer is "a story".
7He showed me his possessions. Identify the indirect object.
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The indirect object is the person who receives something, so the correct answer is "me".
8One of the wheels of the car ............... punctured.
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The subject "One" is singular, so the correct answer is "is".
9The spider was busy ............... a web.
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We commonly say that a spider spins a web, so the correct answer is "spinning".
10A shoal of ............... swam near the boat.
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The collective noun "shoal" is used for fish, so the correct answer is "fish".
11In the sentence "He drives very carefully," very is an ...............
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In this sentence, "very" modifies the adverb "carefully", so the correct answer is "adverb".
12When I visited him yesterday, he ...............
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The past continuous describes an action in progress at a past time, so the correct answer is "was sleeping".
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- No sooner had I seen the huge boulder lying in the middle of the road than I stopped the car.
- It is high time we called the police.
- What is the feminine gender of “fox”? — vixen
- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
- Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- She told him a story. Identify the direct object. — a story
- He showed me his possessions. Identify the indirect object. — me
- One of the wheels of the car is punctured.
- The spider was busy spinning a web.
- A shoal of fish swam near the boat.
- In the sentence “He drives very carefully,” very is an adverb.
- When I visited him yesterday, he was sleeping.