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General Grammar Exercise

January 3, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. She is prettier ……………………. anybody I know.

Correct! Wrong!

Better is a comparative word. It is followed by than.

2. I have hardly done ………………………… since morning.

Correct! Wrong!

Hardly is a negative word. It cannot be used with nothing.

3. I have …………………………. met any film stars.

Correct! Wrong!

Never is used in affirmative sentences.

4. Have you …………………………….. been to Australia?

Correct! Wrong!

In questions we use ever.

5. It is difficult to understand ………………………… she says or does.

Correct! Wrong!

Non-assertive words like anybody and anything are mainly used with words expressing a negative kind of meaning.

6. The pilots went on strike, but …………………………… the air hostesses.

Correct! Wrong!

To make a word, expression or clause negative, we use not.

7. …………………………. teachers went on strike.

Correct! Wrong!

No can mean not any.

8. …………………………… you say, I will not believe you.

Correct! Wrong!

9. Call me when you arrive, ………………………………. late it is.

Correct! Wrong!

10. She is ……………………….. a great artist than I am.

Correct! Wrong!

11. It takes ……………………………. to get used to driving in the city.

Correct! Wrong!

12. You look ………………………….. What happened?

Correct! Wrong!

Look is a copular verb. It is modified by an adjective.

Answers

1. She is prettier than anybody I know.

2. I have hardly done anything since morning.

3. I have never met any film stars.

4. Have you ever been to Australia?

5. It is difficult to understand anything she says or does.

6. The pilots went on strike, but not the airhostesses.

7. No teachers went on strike.

8. No matter what / Whatever you say, I will not believe you.

9. Call me when you arrive, no matter how / however late it is.

10. She is no more a great artist than I am.

11. It takes a long time to get used to driving in the city.

12. You look sad. What happened?

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