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Never, Ever, Hardly Anything and No Matter How Exercise

January 3, 2020 A2pdf

Fill in the blanks.
Progress 0 of 12 answered
1She is prettier ............... anybody I know.
Wrong!
Use "than" after a comparative adjective.
2I have hardly done ............... since morning.
Wrong!
Use "anything" after "hardly" because "hardly" already has a negative meaning.
3I have ............... met any film stars.
Wrong!
Use "never" to make the present perfect sentence negative.
4Have you ............... been to Australia?
Wrong!
Use "ever" in questions about life experience.
5It is difficult to understand ............... she says or does.
Wrong!
Use "anything" after an expression with negative meaning such as "difficult to understand".
6The pilots went on strike, but ............... the air hostesses.
Wrong!
Use "not" to make the second noun phrase negative after "but".
7............... teachers went on strike.
Wrong!
Use "No" before a plural noun to mean not any.
8............... you say, I will not believe you.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"No matter what" and "Whatever" both mean that the words spoken will not change the result.
9Call me when you arrive, ............... late it is.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"No matter how" and "however" can both mean at any degree of lateness.
10She is ............... a great artist than I am.
Wrong!
Use "no more" in the structure "no more... than".
11It takes ............... to get used to driving in the city.
Wrong!
Use "a long time" because the countable noun "time" needs an article in this phrase.
12You look ................ What happened?
Wrong!
Use "sad" because "look" is a linking verb followed by an adjective.

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  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 air hostesses.
  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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