Fill in the blanks.
1. ………………. living creature has a place in nature’s scheme.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use every with a noun.
2. How long have you lived ………………….. this address?
Correct!
Wrong!
3. The literary club meets ……………… a month.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. ………………… he earn a livelihood writing poetry?
Correct!
Wrong!
Can shows ability.
5. Farming …………………… our family’s livelihood for three generations.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the present perfect to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
6. I never thought that he ………………… take me seriously.
Correct!
Wrong!
Would is the past tense form of will. When the main verb is in the past tense, we use would, not will in the subordinate clause.
7. In poetry the rose is often a metaphor ………………….. love.
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Wrong!
8. I can’t find ………………….. on this messy desk.
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Wrong!
9. I received a message that she ………………….. be late.
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Wrong!
10. The money …………………… only after it had been carefully counted.
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Wrong!
11. Many a rock singer …………………… enjoyed a meteoric rise to success.
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Wrong!
Use a singular verb after many a.
12. How did you …………………… into a mess like this?
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Wrong!
Use an infinitive without to after do, does and did.
Answers
- Every living creature has a place in nature’s scheme.
- How long have you lived at this address?
- The literary club meets once a month.
- Can he earn a livelihood writing poetry?
- Farming has been our family’s livelihood for three generations.
- I never thought that he would take me seriously.
- In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
- I can’t find anything on this messy desk.
- I received a message that she would be late.
- The money was disbursed only after it had been carefully counted.
- Many a rock singer has enjoyed a meteoric rise to success.
- How did you get into a mess like this?
