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General Grammar Exercise (Intermediate)

November 25, 2019 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.

1. She writes better ……………………. anybody I know.

Correct! Wrong!

Better is a comparative word. It is followed by than.

2. I have hardly been ………………………… since June.

Correct! Wrong!

Non-assertive words like any, anywhere, anywhere are more common after negative expressions like hardly etc.

3. I have …………………………. met the President.

Correct! Wrong!

Never is used in statements.

4. Have you …………………………….. spoken to them?

Correct! Wrong!

Ever is used in questions.

5. It is difficult to understand ………………………… he says.

Correct! Wrong!

Non-assertive words like anybody and anything are mainly used with words expressing a negative kind of meaning.

6. The doctors went on strike, but …………………………… the nurses.

Correct! Wrong!

To make a word, expression or clause negative, we use not.

7. …………………………. nurses went on strike.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

No can mean not any.

8. …………………………… you say, I will always trust him.

Correct! Wrong!

9. Wake me when you arrive, ………………………………. late it is.

Correct! Wrong!

10. She is ……………………….. a great singer than I am.

Correct! Wrong!

11. It takes ……………………………. to get to her house.

Correct! Wrong!

In affirmatives we usually use a long time.

12. You look ………………………….. What is the matter?

Correct! Wrong!

Look is a copular verb. It is followed by an adjective.

Answers

1. She writes better than anybody I know.

2. I have hardly been anywhere since June.

3. I have never met the President.

4. Have you ever spoken to them?

5. It is difficult to understand anything he says.

6. The doctors went on strike, but not the nurses.

7. No / Not any nurses went on strike.

8. No matter what / Whatever you say, I will always trust him.

9. Wake me when you arrive, no matter how / however late it is.

10. She is no more a great singer than I am.

11. It takes a long time to get to her house.

12. You look angry. What is the matter?

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