Fill in the blanks.
1What she said ............... not true.
Wrong!
Use "is" because the subject clause "What she said" is singular.
2Nobody ............... there to help him.
Wrong!
Use "was" because "Nobody" takes a singular verb here.
3Nobody called, ...............?
Wrong!
Use "did they" because a sentence with "Nobody" takes a positive question tag.
4Every one of them ............... arrived.
Wrong!
Use "has" because "Every one" refers to each person separately.
5That was ............... not the right thing to do.
Wrong!
Use "certainly" because an adverb is needed before the adjective phrase.
6............... you did cannot be justified.
Wrong!
Use "What" to mean "the thing that" as the subject of the sentence.
7The thing ............... happened next shocked us.
Wrong!
Use "that" as a relative pronoun referring to "the thing".
8Where is he? He ............... to the market.
Wrong!
Use "has gone" because he is now away at the market.
9The milkman has already ............... today.
Wrong!
Use "been" to mean the milkman came and left earlier today.
10Jack London is regarded ............... one of the best American novelists.
Wrong!
Use "as" after "is regarded" to show how someone is considered.
11Considered ............... a whole, the movie wasn't bad.
Wrong!
Use "as" in the fixed phrase "as a whole".
12Clever ............... she was, she couldn't solve the puzzle.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "as" and "though" are correct in this concessive structure.
Answers
- What she said is not true.
- Nobody was there to help him.
- Nobody called, did they?
- Every one of them has arrived.
- That was certainly not the right thing to do.
- What you did cannot be justified.
- The thing that happened next shocked us.
- Where is he? He has gone to the market.
- The milkman has already been today.
- Jack London is regarded as one of the best American novelists.
- Considered as a whole, the movie wasn’t bad.
- Clever as / though she was, she couldn’t solve the puzzle.
