Fill in the blanks. This ESL grammar exercise tests your ability to use adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and nouns correctly.
1Flowers smell ............... in the morning.
Wrong!
After the linking verb "smell", use the adjective "sweet".
2I am actually the ............... person in my family.
Wrong!
Use the superlative adjective "tallest" when comparing one person with a whole group.
3This is the ............... church in town.
Wrong!
For buildings, use "oldest", not "eldest".
4This route is ............... than that one.
Wrong!
The regular comparative form of "short" is "shorter".
5The soup tasted ...............
Wrong!
After the linking verb "tasted", use the adjective "bitter".
6He was late ...............
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "as usual".
7The meeting started ............... time.
Wrong!
Use "on" in the phrase "on time" to mean at the scheduled time.
8All is ............... that ends well.
Wrong!
The proverb is "All is well that ends well", so the correct word is "well".
9I don't enjoy giving unsolicited ...............
Wrong!
The uncountable noun is "advice".
10I will tell you ...............
Wrong!
In this positive statement, the natural indefinite pronoun is "something".
11Some ............... were dancing in the street.
Wrong!
The normal plural word for a general group is "people".
12You never give me ............... peace of mind.
Wrong!
With the negative idea in "never", use "any".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Flowers smell sweet in the morning.
- I am actually the tallest person in my family.
- This is the oldest church in town.
- This route is shorter than that one.
- The soup tasted bitter
- He was late as usual
- The meeting started on time.
- All is well that ends well.
- I don’t enjoy giving unsolicited advice
- I will tell you something
- Some people were dancing in the street.
- You never give me any peace of mind.
