Fill in the blanks.
1I met two ............... in the store.
Wrong!
"Women" is the natural plural noun for adult female people in this sentence.
2She took ............... at my harmless remarks.
Wrong!
"Offence" is correct in the fixed expression "take offence".
3If you are a ..............., you may develop liver problems.
Wrong!
"Drunkard" means a person who often drinks too much alcohol.
4He is collecting money for ............... .
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"The poor" and "poor people" both refer to people who do not have much money.
5When I entered the room, the clock struck ............... .
Wrong!
"Nine" is correct because a clock strikes an hour.
6I was reading a ............... by Keats.
Wrong!
"Poem" means one piece of poetry.
7We got off because there was no ............... on the train.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Space" and "room" both mean available empty area here.
8The government should have more schemes for ............... .
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"The blind" and "blind people" both refer to people who cannot see.
9Have you got a lot of ...............?
Wrong!
"Luggage" is an uncountable noun and has no standard plural form.
10One of my ............... lives in Mumbai.
Wrong!
"Friends" is correct after "one of" because the noun must be plural.
11She didn’t say ............... .
Wrong!
"Anything" is normally used in negative sentences like this one.
12Do you like this ............... of movies?
Wrong!
"Kind" agrees with the singular determiner "this".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I met two women in the store.
- She took offence at my harmless remarks.
- If you are a drunkard, you may develop liver problems.
- He is collecting money for the poor / poor people .
- When I entered the room, the clock struck nine .
- I was reading a poem by Keats.
- We got off because there was no space / room on the train.
- The government should have more schemes for the blind / blind people .
- Have you got a lot of luggage?
- One of my friends lives in Mumbai.
- She didn’t say anything .
- Do you like this kind of movies?
