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.
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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.
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The past-tense verb "amused" completes the sentence.
7He is nursing a ............... heart.
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The fixed expression is "broken heart".
8It is raining cats and ...............
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The idiom is "raining cats and dogs".
9I gave ............... chemistry because I didn’t like it.
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The phrasal verb "give up" means stop doing something.
10I can’t wait ............... the holidays to start.
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Use "for" after "wait" before a noun and an infinitive: "wait for something to happen".
11I don't know where ............... gone.
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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".
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 to start.
- I don’t know where he has gone.
- He is taller than me / I am.