Fill in the blanks.
1. I ……………………… sure that she is lying.
Wrong!
When feel is used to talk about reactions and opinions, it is not normally used in the continuous form.
2. They are ……………………… kind people!
Wrong!
In exclamations, we use such before an adjective + plural noun.
3. That was ……………………….. kind of you.
Wrong!
So is used before an adjective.
4. I ………………………. him to arrive at 3 o’clock.
Wrong!
Before an object, wait and hope are followed by for.
5. You should never steal someone ……………………….. ideas.
Wrong!
Else has a possessive form – else’s.
6. She was ………………………. anxious.
Wrong!
Too is not used with much before an adjective.
7. I am completely ………………………….
Wrong!
8. I have difficulty ……………………………. dates.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Difficulty is followed by (in) + ing form.
9. The whole village was ……………………….. water.
Wrong!
We use under when something is covered by what is over it.
10. I didn’t like this jacket; ………………………., it is too large.
Wrong!
Besides means in addition.
11. How do you …………………………. the vacuum cleaner?
Wrong!
We make machines start.
12. If my grandmother had been alive, she ……………………….. 95 this year.
Wrong!
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
1. I feel sure that she is lying.
2. They are such kind people!
3. That was so kind of you.
4. I expect him to arrive at 3 o’clock.
5. You should never steal someone else’s ideas.
6. She was too anxious.
7. I am completely exhausted.
8. I have difficulty (in) remembering dates.
9. The whole village was under water.
10. I didn’t like this jacket; besides, it is too large.
11. How do you start the vacuum cleaner?
12. If my grandmother had been alive, she would have been 95 this year.
