Fill in the blanks.
1Don't ask me ............... the journey was.
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Use "how" to ask about the quality or experience of something.
2Do you know how animals ............... one another?
Wrong!
Use "talk to" before the person or group that receives the communication.
3That shelf is ............... high for me to reach.
Wrong!
Use "too" before an adjective to mean more than is possible or suitable.
4I lived there for six years, but I never felt that it ............... my home then.
Wrong!
Use "was" for a state in the past, especially with the time marker "then."
5Is anybody ...............?
Wrong!
Use "at home" to mean in someone's house or usual place of residence.
6Why ............... I help you?
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Use "should" to ask for a reason or obligation.
7What about the children? Who ............... take care of them tomorrow?
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Use "will" before the base verb to ask about a future arrangement or responsibility.
8How ............... is your house from here?
Wrong!
Use "far" with "How" to ask about distance.
9What ............... this thing in English?
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Use "do you call" to ask for the name of something.
10How much ............... weigh?
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Use "do you" to form a present simple question with the verb "weigh."
11What about ............... out tonight?
Wrong!
Use "eating" after "What about" when making a suggestion.
12I heard him ............... down the stairs.
Wrong!
Use "go" after "heard him" to describe the complete action that was heard.
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- Don’t ask me how the journey was.
- Do you know how animals talk to one another?
- That shelf is too high for me to reach.
- I lived there for six years, but I never felt that it was my home then.
- Is anybody at home?
- Why should I help you?
- What about the children? Who will take care of them tomorrow?
- How far is your house from here?
- What do you call this thing in English?
- How much do you weigh?
- What about eating out tonight?
- I heard him go down the stairs.