Fill in the blanks.
1What she did ............... not right.
Wrong!
The subject clause takes the singular verb "is".
2Each one of us ............... our own problems.
Wrong!
After "Each one of us", use the singular verb "has".
3Somebody wanted a drink, ...............?
Wrong!
After an affirmative sentence with "somebody", the correct question tag is "didn't they".
4Every one of the guests ............... arrived.
Wrong!
After "Every one", use the singular auxiliary "has".
5I ............... assumed that she was lying.
Wrong!
The adverb "rightly" means correctly and modifies the verb.
6He is ............... not the right person for this job.
Wrong!
The adverb "certainly" modifies the whole statement.
7............... happened next horrified us.
Wrong!
The pronoun "What" means the thing that happened.
8"Where is Shyam?" "He isn't here; he ............... to the library."
Wrong!
Use "has gone" when someone went somewhere and is still there or on the way there.
9Has the postman already ............... here?
Wrong!
In this question, "been" means visited or called.
10Albert Einstein is regarded ............... the greatest scientist of all time.
Wrong!
The correct phrase is "regarded as" before a role or description.
11Considered ............... a whole, the project isn't a waste of money.
Wrong!
The fixed phrase is "as a whole".
12Strong ............... he was, he could not beat his opponent.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In this concessive structure, "though" and "as" are both correct after the adjective.
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- 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.
- What happened next horrified us.
- “Where is Shyam?” “He isn’t here; he has gone to the library.”
- Has the postman already been here?
- Albert Einstein is regarded as the greatest scientist of all time.
- Considered as a whole, the project isn’t a waste of money.
- Strong though / as he was, he could not beat his opponent.