Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. Mia can sing beautifully, and ……………………..
So can be used in the structure so + auxiliary verb + subject. This structure is used to add to the sentence before.
2. I have never eaten …………………………. food in my life.
We use so much before an uncountable noun.
3. She has ………………………. children to take care of.
We use so many before plural nouns.
4. They held the ceremony on a Sunday …………………………… everybody would be able to attend.
The structures so that and in order that are used to talk about purpose.
5. Send the parcel express so that they ……………………….. it before Friday.
After so that and in order that, we can use a present or future tense to refer to future.
6. There are ………………………. children at the front door.
We use some in affirmative clauses.
7. You haven’t got ………………………… manners.
We use any in questions and negative sentences.
8. We met ………………………….. interesting people on holiday.
We use some in affirmative clauses.
9. ………………………… people want to go to the movies.
We use some before a noun without a determiner.
10. …………………………… us want to go to the movies.
Before a pronoun we use some of.
11. There is little point in doing ………………………… more work now.
Any can be used in affirmative clauses after words like little and hardly.
12. There is somebody outside who ……………………………. to talk to you.
Somebody usually refers to only one person.
Answers
1. Mia can sing beautifully, and so can her sister.
2. I have never eaten so much food in my life.
3. She has so many children to take care of.
4. They held the ceremony on a Sunday so that / in order that everybody would be able to attend.
5. Send the parcel express so that they get / will get it before Friday.
6. There are some children at the front door.
7. You haven’t got any manners.
8. We met some interesting people on holiday.
9. Some people want to go to the movies.
10. Some of us want to go to the movies.
11. There is little point in doing any more work now.
12. There is somebody outside who wants to talk to you.
