1There are some beautiful ............... trees in the garden.
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Use "tall" for trees and other things that rise high from the ground.
2The prison has got very ............... walls.
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Use "high" for walls when you mean they rise a long way above the ground.
3Which is the ............... mountain in the world?
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Use "highest" as the normal superlative for mountains.
4That building is about 300 feet ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After a measurement, both "high" and "tall" can describe the height of a building; "long" is used for length.
5He is 6 feet ...............
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Use "tall" to describe a person's height.
6The shelves were too ............... for me to reach.
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Use "high" for something that is far above the ground.
7You have got lovely ............... fingers.
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Use "long" to describe the length of fingers.
8Can you help me ............... this problem?
Select 2 answers.
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After "help", both "solve" and "to solve" are correct.
9I ............... somebody coming.
Select 2 answers.
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Use "could hear" or "heard" for perceiving something; "hear" is not normally used in the continuous form.
10I could see him ............... the bus.
Select 2 answers.
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After "see him", both "get off" and "getting off" are correct.
11You ............... disturb me when I am working.
Wrong!
Use "had better not" before the base verb for negative advice or warning.
12I will pay you back when I ............... a job.
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Use the present simple "get" after "when" to refer to the future.
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- There are some beautiful tall trees in the garden.
- The prison has got very high walls.
- Which is the highest mountain in the world?
- That building is about 300 feet high / tall.
- He is 6 feet tall.
- The shelves were too high for me to reach.
- You have got lovely long fingers.
- Can you help me solve / to solve this problem?
- I could hear / heard somebody coming.
- I could see him get off / getting off the bus.
- You had better not disturb me when I am working.
- I will pay you back when I get a job.