1He eats nothing ............... burgers.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "nothing", "but" and "except" both mean "apart from".
2Can you ............... the car to the service center tomorrow?
Wrong!
Use "take" when something moves away to another place.
3Shaheen has agreed to ............... her camera here tomorrow.
Wrong!
Use "bring" when something moves toward the speaker or listener, as "here" shows.
4I always ............... before I go to bed.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Bathe" is the verb in American English; in British English "bath" is also used as a verb meaning to have a bath. "Bathing" cannot follow "I always".
5I felt ............... I was fainting.
Select 2 answers.
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"As if" and "as though" both describe how something seems.
6You can stay in my apartment ............... we split the rent.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"As long as", "so long as", and "on condition that" all introduce a condition.
7She said that she would bring along ...............
Wrong!
Use the double possessive form "a friend of hers".
8This is my phone. Where is ...............?
Wrong!
The independent possessive pronoun is "yours".
9She lived ............... in a small town.
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The natural word order is "her whole life".
10It took twice ............... I had expected.
Wrong!
After "twice", the standard comparison is "as long as".
11Each of us ............... a problem to solve.
Wrong!
With "each of us", use the singular verb "has".
12............... bad health, she quit her job.
Select 3 answers.
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"Due to", "Owing to", and "Because of" can all introduce a reason.
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- He eats nothing but / except burgers.
- Can you take the car to the service center tomorrow?
- Shaheen has agreed to bring her camera here tomorrow.
- I always bath / bathe before I go to bed.
- I felt as if / as though I was fainting.
- You can stay in my apartment as long as / so long as / on condition that we split the rent.
- She said that she would bring along a friend of hers.
- This is my phone. Where is yours?
- She lived her whole life in a small town.
- It took twice as long as I had expected.
- Each of us has a problem to solve.
- Due to / Owing to / Because of bad health, she quit her job.