This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar structures and patterns. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word or phrase.
1............... like hamburgers.
Wrong!
Use "Not all Americans" to make a partial negative meaning that some Americans may not like hamburgers.
2I have been round ............... looking for my puppy.
Wrong!
Use "all the village" to mean every part of this particular village.
3Susie spent ............... at home.
Wrong!
Use "the whole week" because the article comes before "whole" in this pattern.
4I spent ............... at home.
Wrong!
Use "all day" to mean the entire day in this sentence; "whole" needs an article ("the whole day").
5My dog understands every word I say; he is ............... human.
Wrong!
Use "almost" to mean similar to human but not exactly human.
6I ............... wish I had accepted the invitation.
Wrong!
Use "almost" before "wish" to mean the feeling is close to a real wish.
7............... nobody came.
Wrong!
Use "Almost" before negative words such as "nobody".
8I have just read ............... The Brothers Karamazov.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "the whole of" and "all of" can mean the complete book here.
9Students are not ............... to park here.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "allowed" and "permitted" fit the passive structure in this sentence.
10I wasn't ............... to enter the club.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "allowed" and "permitted" fit the passive structure in this sentence.
11"She is kind." "Her sister is ..............."
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "as well" and "too" are natural at the end of this short reply.
12Please give me some rice ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "as well" and "too" are natural at the end of this request.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Not all Americans like hamburgers.
- I have been round all the village looking for my puppy.
- Susie spent the whole week at home.
- I spent all day at home.
- My dog understands every word I say; he is almost human.
- I almost wish I had accepted the invitation.
- Almost nobody came.
- I have just read the whole of / all of The Brothers Karamazov.
- Students are not allowed / permitted to park here.
- I wasn’t allowed / permitted to enter the club.
- “She is kind.” “Her sister is as well / too.”
- Please give me some rice as well / too.