Fill in the blanks.
1I went there ............... week.
Wrong!
Use "last" without "the" in time expressions such as "last week".
2............... time I met him was when I was in Tokyo.
Wrong!
Use "The last" when you mean the final time something happened before now.
3He was ............... runner to finish the race.
Wrong!
Use "the last" before a noun when you mean the final person or thing in an order.
4Who was ............... woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Wrong!
Use "the first" before a noun when you mean number one in a historical or ordered sequence.
5He died ............... year.
Wrong!
Use "last" without "the" in time expressions such as "last year".
6I ............... went there in January.
Wrong!
Use "last" as an adverb to mean the most recent time an action happened.
7I will be traveling in ............... week of January.
Wrong!
Use "the first" before a noun when you mean the opening part of a period or sequence.
8She finished ............... in the race.
Wrong!
Use "first" without "the" as an adverb after verbs such as "finished".
9Money was ............... thing on his mind.
Wrong!
Use "the last" before a noun when you mean the least likely or least important thing.
10Susie was ............... woman I truly loved.
Wrong!
Use "the first" before a noun when you mean the earliest person in a personal sequence.
11I couldn't answer ............... question.
Wrong!
Use "the last" before a noun when you mean the final one in a set.
12Don't wait until ............... moment.
Wrong!
Use "the last" in the fixed expression "the last moment".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I went there last week.
- The last time I met him was when I was in Tokyo.
- He was the last runner to finish the race.
- Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
- He died last year.
- I last went there in January.
- I will be traveling in the first week of January.
- She finished first in the race.
- Money was the last thing on his mind.
- Susie was the first woman I truly loved.
- I couldn’t answer the last question.
- Don’t wait until the last moment.
