Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. There is nobody ………………………
No article is used in the expression at home.
2. I am going ……………………..
Home is used without to as an adverb referring to direction.
3. That scandal destroyed his ……………………… career.
Political means connected with politics.
4. I don’t think it is …………………….. to ask for his help now.
Politic can mean wise or prudent.
5. I knew something was wrong ……………………… I arrived.
In British English, immediately can be used as a conjunction, to mean ‘as soon as’.
6. I am taking an umbrella …………………… it rains.
We use in case to suggest that we are doing one thing now because another thing might happen later.
7. People call the fire force …………………… their house catches fire.
We use if to suggest that we will do one thing if another thing happens.
8. I don’t think his stories deserve ……………………
Please select 2 correct answers
The -ing form has a passive meaning after deserve. Deserve reading means the same as deserve to be read.
9. Do you object to ………………….. on the weekend?
When to is a preposition, it is followed by an ing form. This usually happens after expressions like object to and in addition to.
10. Only after her death …………………….. able to understand her.
We use inversion after restrictive words like hardly, seldom, rarely, only etc.
11. I …………………… down and closed my eyes.
Lay is the past tense of lie.
12. You can make wine ……………………….. gooseberries.
We use make from when a material is changed into a completely different form to make something.
Answers
1. There is nobody at home.
2. I am going home.
3. That scandal destroyed his political career.
4. I don’t think it is politic to ask for his help now.
5. I knew something was wrong as soon as/ immediately I arrived.
6. I am taking an umbrella in case it rains.
7. People call the fire force if their house catches fire.
8. I don’t think his stories deserve reading / to be read.
9. Do you object to working on the weekend?
10. Only after her death was I able to understand her.
11. I lay down and closed my eyes.
12. You can make wine from gooseberries.
