Fill in the blanks.
1. The eruption of the volcano is an ……………………… sight.
Awesome means majestic or inspiring.
2. It was an ……………………… movie. I shouldn’t have watched it.
Awful means bad, dreadful or terrible.
3. He never took a ………………………. glance.
Backward can be an adjective and an adverb. Backwards is an adverb.
4. Bacteria ………………………. in the air we breathe and the food we eat.
Bacteria is a plural noun and should take a plural verb.
5. I feel …………………….. enough to go to the hospital.
When a person feels ill, he feels bad.
6. Don’t feel ………………………… about losing the match.
When you feel sorry about something, you feel bad about it.
7. The student was admonished for behaving ………………………. in the class.
Badly means improperly. It is an adverb and modifies the verb behaving.
8. She wants a new job …………………………
Badly can mean very much.
9. Customs officers examined all ………………………. at the airport.
Baggage is an uncountable noun. It does not have a plural form.
10. We watched the fight with ………………………. breath.
Bait is a lure. Bated means held in.
11. When the rescuers found the castaway, he ………………………… alive.
Barely means almost not. It has a negative force and hence you cannot use another negative word with it.
12. She was so weak that she ....................................... hardly walk.
Hardly has a negative meaning.
Answers
1. The eruption of the volcano is an awesome sight.
2. It was an awful movie. I shouldn’t have watched it.
3. He never took a backward glance.
4. Bacteria are in the air we breathe and the food we eat.
5. I feel bad enough to go to the hospital.
6. Don’t feel bad about losing the match.
7. The student was admonished for behaving badly in the class.
8. She wants a new job badly.
9. Customs officers examined all baggage at the airport.
10. We watched the fight with bated breath.
11. When the rescuers found the castaway, he was barely alive.
12. She was so weak that she could hardly walk.
