Fill in the blanks.
1. A grandparent’s job is easier than ………………………….
Please select 2 correct answers
When we make comparisons both nouns should be in the same case. Since the first noun is in the possessive case here, the second noun too should be in the possessive case. We can make a possessive form by adding apostrophe s or with the structure that/those of.
2. Take your coat and pass me …………………………...
We cannot use one immediately after my.
3. Do you think Trollope’s novels are more entertaining than ……………………………..?
‘Those of Dickens’ itself is a possessive term.
4. …………………………. you have passed your test, I will give you a job.
Once can mean after or as soon as
5. We can go for a walk ……………………………. the rain has stopped.
We cannot use that after once.
6. Not only …………………………. clothing, but they are also short of medicine.
When not only comes at the beginning, it is followed by an inverted word order. That means the auxiliary goes before the subject.
7. I haven’t bought you ……………………….
We do not normally use something in negative clauses.
8. ………………………….., he failed the test.
We use not to make a clause negative.
9. Call me when you arrive ……………………………. late it is.
No matter how means the same as however.
10. …………………………… you say, I won’t believe you.
Please select 2 correct answers
No matter what means the same as whatever.
11. I …………………………….. support the congress party.
We do not use no more to mean that an action or situation has stopped.
12. …………………………. helped me when I was in trouble.
No one means not any one.
Answers
1. A grandparent’s job is easier than that of a parent.
2. Take your coat and pass me mine.
3. Do you think Trollope’s novels are more entertaining than those of Dickens?
4. Once / After / As soon as you have passed your test, I will give you a job.
5. We can go for a walk once the rain has stopped.
6. Not only do they need clothing, but they are also short of medicine.
7. I haven’t bought you anything.
8. Not surprisingly, he failed the test.
9. Call me when you arrive no matter how / however late it is.
10. No matter what / Whatever you say, I won’t believe you.
11. I no longer support the congress party.
12. No one helped me when I was in trouble.
