Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1There is nobody ...............
Wrong!
Use "at home" to mean in someone's house.
2I am going ...............
Wrong!
Use "home" without "to" when it means toward your home.
3That scandal destroyed his ............... career.
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Use "political" to mean connected with politics.
4I don't think it is ............... to ask for his help now.
Wrong!
Use "politic" to mean wise or sensible in a situation.
5I knew something was wrong ............... I arrived.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "immediately" and "as soon as" can mean at the moment something happened.
6I am taking an umbrella ............... it rains.
Wrong!
Use "in case" when you do something because something might happen later.
7People call the fire service ............... their house catches fire.
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce the condition for an action.
8I don't think his stories deserve ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "deserve", both "reading" and "to be read" can have a passive meaning.
9Do you object to ............... on the weekend?
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After "object to", use the gerund "working".
10Only after her death ............... able to understand her.
Wrong!
After negative fronting with "Only after", use inversion, so "was I" is correct.
11I ............... down and closed my eyes.
Wrong!
Use "lay" as the past tense of "lie" meaning recline.
12You can make wine ............... gooseberries.
Wrong!
Use "from" when a material is changed into something different.
Answers
- There is nobody at home.
- I am going home.
- That scandal destroyed his political career.
- I don’t think it is politic to ask for his help now.
- I knew something was wrong immediately / as soon as I arrived.
- I am taking an umbrella in case it rains.
- People call the fire service if their house catches fire.
- I don’t think his stories deserve reading / to be read.
- Do you object to working on the weekend?
- Only after her death was I able to understand her.
- I lay down and closed my eyes.
- You can make wine from gooseberries.