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Intermediate Level Grammar Exercise

June 16, 2017 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.

1. I ................................. him for the past month.

Correct! Wrong!

Perfect tenses are preferred with the prepositions for and since.

2. Professionals .......................... as doctors and teachers should show social commitment.

Correct! Wrong!

The correct expression is 'such as'. Or you can use 'like'.

3. The doctor, ........................... saw me in the morning, insisted that I should quit smoking.

Correct! Wrong!

Both who and that can refer to people; however, we cannot use that in non-identifying relative clauses. Here the commas indicate that the relative clause is non-identifying.

4. I don't want to see ..............................

Correct! Wrong!

In questions and negatives we use 'any' or 'anyone'.

5. This is the house .......................... I was born.

Correct! Wrong!

Where can mean in which.

6. The house ........................... I was born in is made of clay.

Correct! Wrong!

Where can mean in which.

7. His failure didn't bother him .............................. the least.

Correct! Wrong!

The correct expression is 'in the least'.

8. She is ....................... a pretty girl.

Correct! Wrong!

We use 'so' before an adjective; we use 'such' before an adjective + noun.

9. ............................... the people invited to the party didn't turn up.

Correct! Wrong!

We use 'many of' before a noun with a determiner (the, my, this etc.)

10. In accordance ............................ your request, we are sending you some samples.

Correct! Wrong!

In accordance with is the correct expression.

11. That is the best film I .................................

Correct! Wrong!

12. Where .................................... all this while?

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. I haven’t met him for the past month.
2. Professionals such as doctors and teachers should show social commitment.
3. The doctor, who saw me in the morning, insisted that I should quit smoking.
4. I don’t want to see anyone.
5. This is the house where I was born.
6. The house which I was born in is made of clay.
7. His failure didn’t bother him in the least.
8. She is such a pretty girl.
9. Many of the people invited to the party didn’t turn up.
10. In accordance with your request, we are sending you some samples.
11. That is the best film I have ever seen.
12. Where have you been all this while?

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