Complete the following sentences using appropriate words.
1"Have you got any brothers or sisters?" "No, I am an ............... child."
Wrong!
Use "only" before a noun to mean there are no others of that type.
2Since splitting from her boyfriend, she has been living ...............
Wrong!
Use "alone" to mean living by yourself, without other people.
3I don't like to be ............... for long periods.
Wrong!
Use "alone" to mean physically without other people.
4I like to be alone for short periods, but after a few days I start getting ...............
Wrong!
Use "lonely" to describe the unhappy feeling of being without company.
5After her husband's death, she was all ...............
Wrong!
The phrase "all alone" means completely without anyone else.
6The ............... reason he killed his brother was greed.
Wrong!
Use "only" before a noun to mean single or sole.
7I just watched a horror movie, and now I am afraid of being ...............
Wrong!
Use "alone" after "afraid of being" to mean without another person nearby.
Answers
- “Have you got any brothers or sisters?” “No, I am an only child.”
- Since splitting from her boyfriend, she has been living alone.
- I don’t like to be alone for long periods.
- I like to be alone for short periods, but after a few days I start getting lonely.
- After her husband’s death, she was all alone.
- The only reason he killed his brother was greed.
- I just watched a horror movie, and now I am afraid of being alone.
