Fill in the blanks.
1A grandparent's job is easier than ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "a parent's" or "that of a parent" to compare one job with another job.
2Take your coat and pass me ...............
Wrong!
Use "mine" because the noun is not repeated after a possessive pronoun.
3Do you think Trollope's novels are more entertaining than ...............?
Wrong!
Use "those of Dickens" to compare Trollope's novels with Dickens's novels.
4............... you have passed your test, I will give you a job.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
Use "Once", "After", or "As soon as" to introduce the time when the test has been passed.
5We can go for a walk ............... the rain has stopped.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
Use "once", "after", or "as soon as" to show the walk can happen when the rain has stopped.
6Not only ............... clothing, but they are also short of medicine.
Wrong!
Use "do they need" because initial "Not only" normally takes auxiliary inversion.
7I haven't bought you ...............
Wrong!
Use "anything" in this negative sentence with "haven't".
8He hadn't done any revision. ..............., he failed the test.
Wrong!
Use "Not surprisingly" when the result was expected: he hadn't revised, so failing was no surprise.
9Call me when you arrive, ............... late it is.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "no matter how" or "however" before an adjective to mean that the degree does not matter.
10............... you say, I won't believe you.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "No matter what" or "Whatever" to mean that the exact thing said will not change the result.
11I ............... support the Congress Party.
Wrong!
Use "no longer" before the verb to say that a past situation has stopped.
12I had to manage completely on my own. ............... helped me when I was in trouble.
Wrong!
Use "No one" to mean that not a single person helped; the first sentence shows the speaker got no help.
Answers
- A grandparent’s job is easier than a parent’s / that of a parent.
- Take your coat and pass me mine.
- Do you think Trollope’s novels are more entertaining than those of Dickens?
- Once / After / As soon as you have passed your test, I will give you a job.
- We can go for a walk once / after / as soon as the rain has stopped.
- Not only do they need clothing, but they are also short of medicine.
- I haven’t bought you anything.
- He hadn’t done any revision. Not surprisingly, he failed the test.
- Call me when you arrive, no matter how / however late it is.
- No matter what / Whatever you say, I won’t believe you.
- I no longer support the Congress Party.
- I had to manage completely on my own. No one helped me when I was in trouble.