Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1Mia can sing beautifully, and ...............
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Use "so can her sister" to add the same affirmative idea with so + auxiliary + subject.
2I have never eaten ............... food in my life.
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Use "so much" before the uncountable noun "food".
3She has ............... children to take care of.
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Use "so many" before the plural countable noun "children".
4They held the ceremony on a Sunday ............... everybody would be able to attend.
Select 2 answers.
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Use "so that" or "in order that" before a clause to introduce the purpose of the action; "in order to" must be followed by a verb, not a clause.
5Send the parcel express so that they ............... it before Friday.
Select 2 answers.
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After "so that", "get" and "will get" can both refer to a future result or purpose.
6There are ............... children at the front door.
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Use "some" in this affirmative sentence before the plural noun "children".
7You haven’t got ............... manners.
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Use "any" in this negative sentence.
8We met ............... interesting people on holiday.
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Use "some" in this affirmative sentence before the plural noun phrase "interesting people".
9............... people want to go to the movies.
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Use "Some" directly before a plural noun without another determiner.
10............... us want to go to the movies.
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Use "Some of" before the object pronoun "us".
11There is little point in doing ............... more work now.
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Use "any" after the limiting expression "little".
12There is somebody outside who ............... to talk to you.
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Use "wants" because "somebody" is singular.
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- Mia can sing beautifully, and so can her sister.
- I have never eaten so much food in my life.
- She has so many children to take care of.
- They held the ceremony on a Sunday so that / in order that everybody would be able to attend.
- Send the parcel express so that they get / will get it before Friday.
- There are some children at the front door.
- You haven’t got any manners.
- We met some interesting people on holiday.
- Some people want to go to the movies.
- Some of us want to go to the movies.
- There is little point in doing any more work now.
- There is somebody outside who wants to talk to you.