Test your understanding of general grammar rules and sentence patterns with this interactive exercise.
Fill in the blanks.
1She is taller ............... her husband.
Wrong!
Use "than" after a comparative adjective such as "taller".
2He put the books ............... the table.
Wrong!
Use "on" for something placed on the surface of a table.
3Get the cat ............... the piano.
Wrong!
Use "off" to mean away from a surface.
4The baby ............... his mother.
Wrong!
The verb "resembles" takes a direct object without "to".
5The child sat ............... his mother.
Wrong!
Use "beside" to mean "next to".
6The clown ............... the audience with his tricks.
Wrong!
The past-tense verb "amused" completes the sentence.
7He is nursing a ............... heart.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "broken heart".
8It is raining cats and ...............
Wrong!
The idiom is "raining cats and dogs".
9I gave ............... chemistry because I didn’t like it.
Wrong!
The phrasal verb "give up" means stop doing something.
10I can’t wait ............... the holidays.
Wrong!
Use "for" after "wait" when you are looking forward to something.
11I don't know where ............... gone.
Wrong!
In an indirect question, use normal word order: "he has".
12He is taller than ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "me" and "I am" are acceptable after "than".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- She is taller than her husband.
- He put the books on the table.
- Get the cat off the piano.
- The baby resembles his mother.
- The child sat beside his mother.
- The clown amused the audience with his tricks.
- He is nursing a broken heart.
- It is raining cats and dogs
- I gave up chemistry because I didn’t like it.
- I can’t wait for the holidays.
- I don’t know where he has gone.
- He is taller than me / I am
