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General Grammar Exercise

January 28, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. She is more intelligent ……………………….. I thought.

Correct! Wrong!

More intelligent is a comparative word. It is followed by than.

2. I have hardly eaten ………………………… since yesterday.

Correct! Wrong!

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

3. I have …………………………. been to a foreign country.

Correct! Wrong!

Never is used in affirmative sentences.

4. Have you …………………………….. seen a ghost?

Correct! Wrong!

In questions we use ever.

5. The teachers were present there, but …………………………….. the principal.

Correct! Wrong!

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

6. She had great difficulty ………………………… a job.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Difficulty is followed by (in) + ing form.

7. …………………………. doctors went on strike.

Correct! Wrong!

No can mean not any.

8. …………………………… you say, I will do what I want.

Correct! Wrong!

9. I will do it ……………………………… difficult it is.

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

11. It took me months to ………………………… in the city.

Correct! Wrong!

12. You look …………………………..

Correct! Wrong!

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.

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