Fill in the blanks.
1. What she did ……………………………. not right.
Correct!
Wrong!
When the subject is a noun clause, the verb is singular.
2. Each one of us ………………………………. our own problems.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after each and every.
3. Somebody wanted a drink, …………………………….?
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Wrong!
Use a negative tag after an affirmative statement. Use they to refer to somebody in question tags.
4. Every one of the guests ………………………….. arrived.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after every.
5. I …………………………… assumed that she was lying.
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Wrong!
Rightly means correctly.
6. He is ……………………………… not the right person for this job.
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Wrong!
7. ………………………………. happened next horrified us.
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Wrong!
What means that which.
8. ‘Where is Shyam?’ ‘He ……………………………… to the library.’
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Wrong!
Has been is used for completed visits. Has gone means that somebody has gone to a place and hasn't returned yet.
9. Has the postman already …………………………………?
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Wrong!
10. Albert Einstein is regarded ……………………………. the greatest scientist of all times.
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Wrong!
11. Considered ………………………….. a whole, the project isn’t a waste of money.
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Wrong!
12. Strong ………………………… he was, he could not beat his opponent.
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Wrong!
Strong though /as he was means the same as though he was strong.
Answers
- What she did is not right.
- Each one of us has our own problems.
- Somebody wanted a drink, didn’t they?
- Every one of the guests has arrived.
- I rightly assumed that she was lying.
- He is certainly not the right person for this job.
- ‘Where is Shyam?’ ‘He has gone to the library.’
- Has the postman already been?
- Albert Einstein is regarded as the greatest scientist of all times.
- Considered as a whole, the project isn’t a waste of money.
- Strong though / as he was, he could not beat his opponent.
