Test your understanding of grammar rules and sentence patterns with this interactive grammar exercise.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1............... quick results when you start learning a language.
Wrong!
Use "Do not expect" to make a negative imperative.
2You seldom work on Saturdays, ...............?
Wrong!
Use "do you" because "seldom" makes the statement negative in meaning.
3There is little point in doing anything about it, ...............?
Wrong!
Use "is there" because "little" makes the statement negative in meaning.
4He has few reasons for staying, ...............?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "does he" or "has he" because "few" makes the statement negative in meaning.
5I ............... the flowers; just after I finished, it started raining.
Wrong!
Use "needn't have watered" for an action that was done but was unnecessary.
6She is ............... a great dancer than I am.
Wrong!
Use "no more" to mean that she is not a great dancer and neither am I.
7............... wished me a happy birthday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "None of my friends" or "Not one of my friends" before a plural noun phrase such as "my friends"; "No one of" is not used.
8Mother suggested ............... a dentist.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "suggested", "seeing" and "that I should see" are correct, but an object plus infinitive is not.
9I didn't ask ............... for the meal.
Wrong!
Use "you to pay" because "ask" is followed by an object and a to-infinitive when we want someone to do something.
10After putting it off many times, we ............... managed to have a holiday in France.
Wrong!
Use "finally" before the main verb to show that something happened after a long wait.
11We made many different plans for our holiday, but ............... we went to Malaysia again.
Wrong!
Use "in the end" to show the final result after different plans or uncertainty.
12A declarative sentence has a full stop ...............
Wrong!
Use "at the end" to refer to the position of the full stop.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Do not expect quick results when you start learning a language.
- You seldom work on Saturdays, do you?
- There is little point in doing anything about it, is there?
- He has few reasons for staying, does he / has he?
- I needn’t have watered the flowers; just after I finished, it started raining.
- She is no more a great dancer than I am.
- None of my friends / Not one of my friends wished me a happy birthday.
- Mother suggested seeing / that I should see a dentist.
- I didn’t ask you to pay for the meal.
- After putting it off many times, we finally managed to have a holiday in France.
- We made many different plans for our holiday, but in the end we went to Malaysia again.
- A declarative sentence has a full stop at the end.