Fill in the blanks.
1. She is more intelligent ……………………….. I thought.
More intelligent is a comparative word. It is followed by than.
2. I have hardly eaten ………………………… since yesterday.
Hardly is a negative word. It cannot be used with nothing.
3. I have …………………………. been to a foreign country.
Never is used in affirmative sentences.
4. Have you …………………………….. seen a ghost?
In questions we use ever.
5. The teachers were present there, but …………………………….. the principal.
To make a word, expression or clause negative, we use not.
6. She had great difficulty ………………………… a job.
Please select 2 correct answers
Difficulty is followed by (in) + ing form.
7. …………………………. doctors went on strike.
No can mean not any.
8. …………………………… you say, I will do what I want.
9. I will do it ……………………………… difficult it is.
10. She is ……………………….. a great dancer than I am.
11. It took me months to ………………………… in the city.
12. You look …………………………..
Look is a copular verb. We use adjectives, not adverbs, to modify copular verbs.
Answers
1. She is more intelligent than I thought.
2. I have hardly eaten anything since yesterday.
3. I have never been to a foreign country.
4. Have you ever seen a ghost?
5. She had great difficulty finding / in finding a job.
6. The teachers were present there, but not the principal.
7. No doctors went on strike.
8. No matter what / Whatever you say, I will do what I want to.
9. I will do it no matter how / however difficult it is.
10. She is no more a great dancer than I am.
11. It took me months to get used to driving in the city.
12. You look jubilant.
