Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. He died two months ………………………
We use ago to count back from a present moment.
2. She was clever ……………………………….. to solve the puzzle.
Enough shows sufficiency. It goes after the adjective or adverb it modifies.
3. I wish you …………………………….. behave like this.
Would is used after wish to talk about people’s insistence.
4. You ………………………….. be in trouble if she fails to recognize you.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in the main clause.
5. We ought to invest in health and education …………………………….. infrastructure.
6. I would rather be a writer ………………………… a doctor.
We use than after rather.
7. Tired ………………………….. she was she went shopping.
As and though can be used after an adjective or adverb. In this case, they both mean although.
8. …………………………………… she was tired, she went shopping.
We use though to connect two contrasting ideas.
9. Such was her beauty ………………………. men from far and near came to woo her.
10. Strange ……………………….. it may seem, I don’t like music of any kind.
As and though can be used after an adjective or adverb. In this case, they both mean although.
11. If you marry me, I will give you ……………………….. freedom as you want.
12. She is as …………………………. nails.
We use a positive adjective in the expression ‘as…as’.
Answers
1. He died two months ago.
2. She was clever enough to solve the puzzle.
3. I wish you wouldn’t behave like this.
4. You will be in trouble if she fails to recognize you.
5. We ought to invest in health and education rather than infrastructure.
6. I would rather be a writer than a doctor.
7. Tired as / though she was she went shopping.
8. Though she was tired, she went shopping.
9. Such was her beauty that men from far and near came to woo her.
10. Strange as / though it may seem, I don’t like music of any kind.
11. If you marry me, I will give you as much freedom as you want.
12. She is as hard as nails.
