Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules. Choose your answers from the given options.
1. The older I get, ……………… I am.
2. Your accent is ………………… in the class.
3. I stayed an extra night so that I …………………. see Ann.
4. While I ………………. a shower, I slipped on the floor.
The main verb is in the past tense, so we need a past tense in the subordinate clause as well.
5. The man …………………. she married was an old friend of mine.
In identifying relative clauses, that can be used instead of whom.
6. The house ……………….. I live is very small.
7. There is the girl ……………….. works with my sister.
Here the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause and hence we use who.
8. The road is getting …………………….
9. I have got …………………. than I used to have.
Less is the comparative form of little. Lesser is now only used in expressions like 'the lesser of the two evils'.
10. She likes music, and ………………..
Answers
1. The older I get, the happier I am.
2. Your accent is the worst in the class.
3. I stayed an extra night so that I could see Ann.
4. While I was having a shower, I slipped on the floor.
5. The man that/ whom she married was an old friend of mine.
6. The house where I live is very small.
7. There is the girl who works with my sister.
8. The road is getting steeper and steeper / more and more steep.
9. I have got less energy than I used to have.
10. She likes music, and so do I.
