Fill in the blanks.
1This material is inferior ............... that.
Wrong!
After "inferior", the correct preposition is "to".
2Do you prefer ............... of chocolate?
Wrong!
With the singular noun "sort", use "this sort" before an uncountable noun such as chocolate.
3The garden shears ............... used to clip the hedge.
Wrong!
Plural-only nouns such as shears take the plural verb "were".
4Each of the students ............... asked to contribute their bit.
Wrong!
The subject "Each" takes the singular verb "was".
5A strimmer is a machine ............... grass and weeds.
Wrong!
To describe a machine's purpose, use "for cutting".
6To ..............., he lost his job.
Wrong!
The fixed expression needs the possessive form "no one's surprise".
7You ............... working hard.
Wrong!
With two auxiliaries, the adverb usually comes after the first auxiliary in "have definitely been".
8That kind of ............... not give me any amusement.
Wrong!
After singular "kind of", use the singular noun and verb in "joke does".
9There is a slight ............... between the two shades.
Wrong!
After the adjective "slight", the noun "difference" is needed.
10Few historians have written more ............... than Gibbon.
Wrong!
The verb phrase "have written" is modified by the adverb "interestingly".
11Our army ............... the enemy.
Wrong!
The active sentence with the object "the enemy" needs "has defeated".
12Helen of Troy was more beautiful than ...............
Wrong!
In comparisons within the same group, exclude the subject with "any other woman".
Answers
- This material is inferior to that.
- Do you prefer this sort of chocolate?
- The garden shears were used to clip the hedge.
- Each of the students was asked to contribute their bit.
- A strimmer is a machine for cutting grass and weeds.
- To no one’s surprise, he lost his job.
- You have definitely been working hard.
- That kind of joke does not give me any amusement.
- There is a slight difference between the two shades.
- Few historians have written more interestingly than Gibbon.
- Our army has defeated the enemy.
- Helen of Troy was more beautiful than any other woman
