Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1There was ............... anything in the box.
Wrong!
2There are ............... books lying on the table.
Wrong!
3............... on tip-toe, he reached for the apple.
Wrong!
4Would you mind ............... a bit?
Wrong!
5There ............... two hundred children watching the game.
Wrong!
6You need not ............... the meeting on Monday.
Wrong!
7He used ............... poems when he was a student.
Wrong!
8I ............... have bought it.
Wrong!
9This is ............... any other Christmas gift I have ever had.
Wrong!
10She ............... plays for television.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- There was hardly anything in the box.
- There are a few books lying on the table.
- Standing on tip-toe, he reached for the apple.
- Would you mind moving a bit?
- There were two hundred children watching the game.
- You need not attend the meeting on Monday.
- He used to write poems when he was a student.
- I needn’t have bought it.
- This is better than any other Christmas gift I have ever had.
- She does not write plays for television.

