Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules.
1She comes to our parties but she never invites us ...............
Wrong!
2............... I was a child we lived in Singapore.
Wrong!
3There is no room ............... the bus.
Wrong!
4I haven’t seen her ............... years.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either in or for is possible here.
5The work was very hard ..............., but I got used to it.
Wrong!
6I wish I ............... twenty pounds lighter.
Wrong!
7‘Where is Susie?’ ‘She has ............... to Bangkok.’
Wrong!
8Your name comes ............... mine in the alphabet.
Wrong!
9I can play all musical instruments ............... the piano.
Wrong!
10She has ............... five children in six years.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- She comes to our parties but she never invites us back
- When I was a child we lived in Singapore.
- There is no room on the bus.
- I haven’t seen her in/for years.
- The work was very hard at first, but I got used to it.
- I wish I was twenty pounds lighter.
- ‘Where is Susie?’ ‘She has gone to Bangkok.’
- Your name comes before mine in the alphabet.
- I can play all musical instruments except the piano.
- She has borne five children in six years.
