Fill in the blanks.
1............... them to come to dinner tomorrow.
Wrong!
Use "Ask" when you mean tell or invite someone to do something.
2Don’t ............... a raise.
Wrong!
Use "ask for" when you request that someone give you something.
3You must be ashamed ............... your bad manners.
Wrong!
The correct preposition after ashamed is "of" before the thing that causes the feeling.
4I am not ashamed ............... admit my mistakes.
Wrong!
Use "to" after ashamed before an infinitive verb.
5His ............... from office boy to president of the company took just 12 years.
Wrong!
"Ascent" means a rise or climb to a higher position.
6You may leave the hospital only with the doctor’s ...............
Wrong!
"Assent" means agreement or approval.
7Be quiet! Don't wake the ............... baby.
Wrong!
"Asleep" is used only after a verb such as "be" or "fall"; before a noun, use "sleeping".
8Which cat is averse ............... fish?
Wrong!
The adjective averse is followed by "to".
9The child behaved ............... in school.
Wrong!
Use the adverb "badly" to describe how the child behaved.
10I feel ............... enough to go to the hospital.
Wrong!
After feel, the adjective "bad" describes how someone feels.
11The tree ............... fruit last year.
Wrong!
"Bore" is the simple past form of bear meaning produce fruit.
12Dirt and noise from the nearby highway are the ............... of our existence.
Wrong!
"Bane" means a cause of trouble or misery.
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- Ask them to come to dinner tomorrow.
- Don’t ask for a raise.
- You must be ashamed of your bad manners.
- I am not ashamed to admit my mistakes.
- His ascent from office boy to president of the company took just 12 years.
- You may leave the hospital only with the doctor’s assent.
- Be quiet! Don’t wake the sleeping baby.
- Which cat is averse to fish?
- The child behaved badly in school.
- I feel bad enough to go to the hospital.
- The tree bore fruit last year.
- Dirt and noise from the nearby highway are the bane of our existence.