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General Grammar Exercise

March 6, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. You will not get the promotion …………………… you deserve it.

Correct! Wrong!

Unless is similar to if…not.

2. We have lived in this city ……………………….. ten years.

Correct! Wrong!

We use for with duration.

3. The child has been missing …………………………. yesterday.

Correct! Wrong!

We use since with the starting point.

4. He accused me ………………………. stealing his ideas.

Correct! Wrong!

Accused is used with of.

5. She ………………………….. from high school in 2015.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the simple past when we say when something happened.

6. You will get well …………………………. you take enough rest.

Correct! Wrong!

7. The boy along with his parents …………………………. waiting there.

Correct! Wrong!

When you connect two nouns with along with the verb agrees with the first subject.

8. We …………………………… English for six months.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

9. When ………………...…………. yesterday?

Correct! Wrong!

In the simple past, questions and negatives are made with did.

10. He ………………………….. ill for more than a week.

Correct! Wrong!

11. We want a house to …………………………

Correct! Wrong!

12. Neither James nor Peter ………………………… there.

Correct! Wrong!

When we connect two singular nouns with neither/nor, the verb is singular.

Answers

1. You will not get the promotion unless you deserve it.

2. We have lived in the city for ten years.

3. The child has been missing since yesterday.

4. He accused me of stealing his ideas.

5. She graduated from high school in 2015.

6. You will get well if you take enough rest.

7. The boy along with his parents is waiting there.

8. We have been learning English for six months.

9. When did she leave yesterday?

10. He has been ill for more than a week.

11. We want a house to live in.

12. Neither James nor Peter was there.

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