Fill in the blanks.
1. Never ……………………. seen such a mess.
When the sentence begins with a negative word, we use an inverted word order.
2. I look forward to …………………… from you.
We use an ing form after look forward to.
3. The faster you walk …………………… you reach home.
The comparative is used in both clauses in this structure.
4. ………………….. being ill, she went to work.
Please select 2 correct answers
Either in spite or despite can be used here.
5. It is time you ………………….. a better job.
We use a past tense after it's time to refer to present.
6. I haven’t got many friends but …………………… I have are close to me.
The few means not many but all of them.
7. Having …………………… her homework, she went to bed.
9. If I knew his address, I ……………………. write to him.
10. You are ill. You had better …………………….. rest.
The first of the verb is used after had better.
11. I would rather you ……………………. home.
The past tense is used after would rather + noun.
12. He studied so well that he ………………….. the first rank.
Answers
1. Never have I seen such a mess.
2. I look forward to hearing from you.
3. The faster you walk the sooner you reach home.
4. In spite of / Despite being ill, she went to work.
5. It is time you found a better job.
6. I haven’t got many friends but the few I have are close to me.
7. Having finished her homework, she went to bed.
8. He lay down motionless as if he was dead.
9. If I knew his address, I would write to him.
10. You are ill. You had better take rest.
11. I would rather you went home.
12. He studied so well that he got the first rank.
