Test your understanding of verb patterns and grammar structures with this interactive exercise. Choose your answers from the given options.
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.
1I ............... to quit my job a few days ago.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "decided" with the finished past time expression "a few days ago".
2The ............... were on time.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "others" and "other people" can refer to the remaining people in this context.
3I did it ............... to offend him.
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Use "so as not" before an infinitive to express a negative purpose.
4Jane, ............... is on holiday at the moment, is my colleague.
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Use "who" as the subject of a non-defining relative clause about a person.
5He works ............... day long.
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The fixed expression is "all" in "all day long".
6We ............... the station at 3 o’clock.
Select 3 answers.
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"Reached", "arrived at", and "got to" are correct ways to say someone came to a place.
7As someone born in the eighties, I like that kind of ...............
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Use the uncountable noun "music" without an article when speaking generally.
8I had a great day at the races ............... I won.
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Use "because" before a clause with a subject and verb.
9............... children like chocolates.
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Use "Most" directly before a plural noun to mean the majority of them.
10I visited them ...............
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Use "last month" without a preposition for this past time expression.
11I did it because he ............... me to do it.
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Use "asked" before an object and an infinitive.
12I don’t know ............... or not she will come.
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Use "whether" directly before "or not"; "if" cannot be used in this position.
Answers
- I decided to quit my job a few days ago.
- The others / other people were on time.
- I did it so as not to offend him.
- Jane, who is on holiday at the moment, is my colleague.
- He works all day long.
- We reached / arrived at / got to the station at 3 o’clock.
- As someone born in the eighties, I like that kind of music.
- I had a great day at the races because I won.
- Most children like chocolates.
- I visited them last month.
- I did it because he asked me to do it.
- I don’t know whether or not she will come.