Fill in the blanks.
1The sick boy looked ...............
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The adjective "pale" means having little colour, while "pail" is a bucket.
2The cat licked ............... tail.
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The possessive determiner "its" shows that the tail belongs to the cat.
3............... raining.
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"It's" is the contraction of "it is" in this sentence.
4The lecture was quite ...............
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"Uninteresting" means not interesting and correctly describes the lecture.
5I have so ............... work to do.
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Use "much" with the uncountable noun "work".
6They are very rich, ...............?
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A positive main clause takes the negative question tag "aren't they".
7............... beautiful painting it is!
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Use "What a" before an adjective plus a singular countable noun in this exclamation.
8............... terrible!
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Use "How" before an adjective in this exclamation.
9It was a ............... experience.
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"Terrifying" describes the experience that caused fear.
10I was ............... to hear the news.
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"Horrified" describes how the speaker felt after hearing the news.
11The snake ............... the frog.
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"Caught" is the correct past simple form of "catch".
12He ............... for his generosity.
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"Is known" is the correct passive form before "for his generosity".
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- The sick boy looked pale.
- The cat licked its tail.
- It’s raining.
- The lecture was quite uninteresting.
- I have so much work to do.
- They are very rich, aren’t they?
- What a beautiful painting it is!
- How terrible!
- It was a terrifying experience.
- I was horrified to hear the news.
- The snake caught the frog.
- He is known for his generosity.