Fill in the blanks.
1. She sings better …………………………….. me,
Correct!
Wrong!
Better is a comparative word. It is followed by than.
2. I know hardly …………………………… here.
Correct!
Wrong!
Hardly is a negative word. In questions and negatives we use any, anyone, anywhere etc.
3. She is rich and successful, …………………………. she is unhappy.
Correct!
Wrong!
Yet can replace but.
4. …………………………… trying hard, we couldn’t move the boulder that was blocking the road.
Correct!
Wrong!
Despite is followed by a noun or ing form.
5. She is anxious ………………………………
Correct!
Wrong!
Anxious is followed by a to-infinitive.
6. Have we got ……………………………… to do?
Correct!
Wrong!
Non-assertive words like anybody and anything are mainly used with words expressing a negative kind of meaning.
7. The boys boycotted the classes, but …………………………… the girls.
Correct!
Wrong!
To make a word, expression or clause negative, we use not.
8. …………………………. girls bunked the classes.
Correct!
Wrong!
No can mean not any.
9. …………………………… you say, I will not believe you.
Correct!
Wrong!
Whatever means the same as no matter what.
10. We will start as soon as we hear from them ………………………………….. late it is.
Correct!
Wrong!
However means the same as no matter how.
11. This is ……………………………….. the best holiday I had.
Correct!
Wrong!
By far means by a large amout.
12. It takes only five minutes for me ……………………………. dressed.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- She sings better than me.
- I know hardly anyone here.
- She is rich and successful, yet she is unhappy.
- Despite trying hard, we couldn’t move the boulder that was blocking the road.
- She is anxious to leave.
- Have we got anything to do?
- The boys boycotted the classes, but not the girls.
- No girls bunked the classes.
- No matter what / Whatever you say, I will not believe you.
- We will start as soon as we hear from them no matter how / however late it is.
- This is by far the best holiday I had.
- It takes only five minutes for me to get dressed.
