1She is more intelligent ............... I thought.
Wrong!
Use "than" after a comparative adjective to introduce the comparison.
2I have hardly eaten ............... since yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "anything" after the negative adverb "hardly" in this sentence.
3I have ............... been to a foreign country.
Wrong!
Use "never" to say that the experience has not happened at any time.
4Have you ............... seen a ghost?
Wrong!
Use "ever" in a present perfect question about life experience.
5The teachers were present, but ............... the principal.
Wrong!
Use "not" to make the contrasting noun phrase negative after "but".
6She had great difficulty ............... a job.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "difficulty", "finding" and "in finding" are both correct before the object.
7............... doctors went on strike.
Wrong!
Use "No" before a plural noun to mean not any.
8............... you say, I will do what I want.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"No matter what" and "Whatever" both mean that the speaker's decision will not change.
9I will do it, ............... difficult it is.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"No matter how" and "however" both introduce an adjective clause meaning that difficulty will not change the decision.
10She is ............... a great dancer than I am.
Wrong!
Use "no more" in the pattern "no more... than" to reject both comparisons.
11It took me months to get used to ............... in the city.
Wrong!
After "get used to", use the gerund "driving".
12You look ...............
Wrong!
After the linking verb "look", use the adjective "jubilant".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- She is more intelligent than I thought.
- I have hardly eaten anything since yesterday.
- I have never been to a foreign country.
- Have you ever seen a ghost?
- The teachers were present, but not the principal.
- She had great difficulty finding / in finding a job.
- No doctors went on strike.
- No matter what / Whatever you say, I will do what I want.
- I will do it, no matter how / however difficult it is.
- She is no more a great dancer than I am.
- It took me months to get used to driving in the city.
- You look jubilant
