Complete the following sentences.
1Everybody was there ............... Samuel.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Except" and "but" both mean Samuel was not included.
2............... the storm, we would have been home before evening.
Wrong!
"But for" means if the storm had not happened.
3Nobody but ............... would act so foolishly.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"He" and "him" are both acceptable after "nobody but" in this sentence.
4We got it out ............... a screwdriver.
Wrong!
"With" introduces the tool used to do something.
5It takes me only about five minutes to ............... ready.
Wrong!
"Get" is used in the common expression "get ready".
6I couldn't help ............... what they said.
Wrong!
"Overhearing" is correct because "couldn't help" is followed by an -ing form.
7I can't help but ............... where she has disappeared.
Wrong!
"Wonder" is correct because "can't help but" is followed by the base form of the verb.
8They got married in January and got divorced six months ...............
Wrong!
"Later" means after the time already mentioned.
9I will make all your dreams ............... true.
Wrong!
"Come" is correct because "make" is followed by the base form of the verb.
10Everything came ............... in the end.
Wrong!
"Right" is used in the fixed expression "come right".
11When did you ............... to live here?
Wrong!
"Come" is correct because the movement is toward the place connected with the speaker.
12I want to ............... and live somewhere else.
Wrong!
"Go" is correct for moving away to another place.
Answers
- Everybody was there except / but Samuel.
- But for the storm, we would have been home before evening.
- Nobody but he / him would act so foolishly.
- We got it out with a screwdriver.
- It takes me only about five minutes to get ready.
- I couldn’t help overhearing what they said.
- I can’t help but wonder where she has disappeared.
- They got married in January and got divorced six months later.
- I will make all your dreams come true.
- Everything came right in the end.
- When did you come to live here?
- I want to go and live somewhere else.