1I heard the song ............... the radio?
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We use on with radio and television.
2Identify the kind of sentence: Have a nice day.
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An imperative sentence is a command, prayer, request or wish.
3Mount Everest is ............... peak in the world.
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The superlative is used with the.
4If I had a car, I ............... you a lift.
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In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
5Please write ...............
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Legible is an adjective; legibly is the adverb.
6She asked me why ............... crying.
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The subject goes before the auxiliary verb in reported questions.
7............... their best efforts, they could not save him.
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Despite or in spite of is correct here.
8They failed to properly ............... her illness.
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9He rarely visits you, ...............?
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Non-negative tags are used after negative expressions like rarely or hardly.
10What does the expression ‘devil’s advocate’ mean?
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11It is high time you ............... up smoking.
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We use a past tense after it is time with a present meaning.
12What does the expression ‘mano a mano’ mean?
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Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I heard the song on the radio?
- Identify the kind of sentence: Have a nice day. Imperative
- Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world.
- If I had a car, I could give you a lift.
- Please write legibly
- She asked me why I was crying.
- Despite their best efforts, they could not save him.
- They failed to properly diagnose her illness.
- He rarely visits you, does he?
- What does the expression ‘devil’s advocate’ mean? support the counter argument
- It is high time you gave up smoking.
- What does the expression ‘mano a mano’ mean? to confront each other directly
