Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. There was ..................................... anything in the box.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. There are ................................... books lying on the table.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. ........................................ on tip-toe, he reached for the apple.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. Would you mind .................................. a bit?
Correct!
Wrong!
5. There .................................... two hundred children watching the game.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. You need not ......................................... the meeting on Monday.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. He used ........................................ poems when he was a student.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. I .................................. have bought it.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. This is ........................................ any other Christmas gift I have ever had.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. She ....................................... plays for television.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
1. There was hardly anything in the box.
2. There are a few books lying on the table.
3. Standing on tip-toe, he reached for the apple.
4. Would you mind moving a bit?
5. There were two hundred children watching the game.
6. You need not attend the meeting on Monday.
7. He used to write poems when he was a student.
8. I needn’t have bought it.
9. This is better than any other Christmas gift I have ever had.
10. She does not write plays for television.
