Fill in the blanks.
1He spent many ............... days on the island.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Lonely" and "lonesome" can describe days that feel sad because someone is alone.
2The visitor cheered the ............... woman.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Lonely" and "lonesome" can describe a person who feels sad because they have no company.
3The house was built in a ............... area.
Wrong!
"Lonely" can describe an isolated place before a noun.
4After a while, I started getting ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Lonely" and "lonesome" describe the unhappy feeling of having no company.
5Do you prefer to work ............... rather than in a team?
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"Alone" means without other people around.
6She was all ............... in that big house.
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"Alone" is used in the fixed phrase "all alone" to mean completely without other people.
7Her ............... made her unhappy.
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"Loneliness" is the noun for the sad feeling of being alone.
8You ............... can help us.
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Here "alone" comes after a noun or pronoun and means "only": you are the only person who can help us.
9The new student was a ............... teenager.
Select 2 answers.
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"Lonely" and "lonesome" can describe a teenager who feels sad because they have no friends or company.
10She was unhappy because she was all ...............
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"Alone" is used in "all alone" to mean completely by herself.
11I can't even ride a bicycle, let ............... drive a car.
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"Alone" completes the fixed phrase "let alone", which introduces something even less likely or more difficult.
12He was a ...............
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"Loner" is a noun for a person who often prefers to be alone.
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- He spent many lonely / lonesome days on the island.
- The visitor cheered the lonely / lonesome woman.
- The house was built in a lonely area.
- After a while, I started getting lonely / lonesome.
- Do you prefer to work alone rather than in a team?
- She was all alone in that big house.
- Her loneliness made her unhappy.
- You alone can help us.
- The new student was a lonely / lonesome teenager.
- She was unhappy because she was all alone.
- I can’t even ride a bicycle, let alone drive a car.
- He was a loner.

