1I ............... tired.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "feel" and "am feeling" are correct for a present physical state.
2She is ............... amazing woman.
Wrong!
Use "such an" before an adjective and a singular countable noun beginning with a vowel sound.
3That was ............... kind of you.
Wrong!
Use "so" before an adjective when there is no following noun phrase.
4I ............... this kind of treatment from him.
Wrong!
Use "didn't expect" to say that the treatment was surprising.
5It seemed like he was wearing someone ............... coat.
Wrong!
Use the possessive form "else's" before a noun such as "coat".
6She was ............... tired to walk.
Wrong!
Use "too" to mean more than was possible or suitable.
7This book is an ............... account of the freedom struggle.
Wrong!
Here "exhaustive" means complete and thorough.
8I have difficulty ............... dates and numbers.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "difficulty", both "remembering" and "in remembering" are correct.
9There is something ............... the bed.
Wrong!
Use "under" to mean directly beneath the bed.
10I didn't like this house; ..............., it is too small.
Wrong!
Use "besides" to add another reason or point.
11I can't ............... the car.
Wrong!
Use "start" to mean make a car engine begin to work.
12If my grandfather had been alive, we ............... his 90th birthday in January.
Wrong!
Use "would have celebrated" for the unreal past result in this conditional sentence.
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Answers
- I feel / am feeling tired.
- She is such an amazing woman.
- That was so kind of you.
- I didn’t expect this kind of treatment from him.
- It seemed like he was wearing someone else’s coat.
- She was too tired to walk.
- This book is an exhaustive account of the freedom struggle.
- I have difficulty remembering / in remembering dates and numbers.
- There is something under the bed.
- I didn’t like this house; besides, it is too small.
- I can’t start the car.
- If my grandfather had been alive, we would have celebrated his 90th birthday in January.