Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun or determiner.
1Do you remember ............... about that incident?
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In a question, use "anything" when you do not expect a specific answer.
2Janet and I have known ............... for a long time.
Wrong!
For a reciprocal relationship between two people, use "each other". "Ourselves" is reflexive, and "each others" is not a correct form.
3Trains run ............... five minutes.
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Use "every" to mean at regular intervals in this time expression.
4Although he cried for help, ............... came to his rescue.
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The contrast with "Although" shows that "nobody" came to help him.
5I enjoy spending time with close friends of ...............
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After "of" in this possessive structure, use the possessive pronoun "mine".
6We arrived early because there wasn't ............... traffic.
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Use "much" with the uncountable noun "traffic", especially in negative sentences.
7There was ............... to do, so I went to bed.
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Use "nothing" to mean that there was not anything to do.
8I noticed that he was drinking ...............
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Without a following noun, use "a lot" as an adverbial phrase.
9The doctor advised him to drink ............... water.
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Before the uncountable noun "water", use "a lot of".
10............... offices are closed on Sundays.
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Use "Most" directly before a plural noun when there is no article or determiner.
11............... these stores are open round the clock.
Wrong!
Before "these stores", use "Some of" because "these" is a determiner.
12I waited ............... for a call from my mother.
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Use "all morning" to mean for the whole morning period.
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- Do you remember anything about that incident?
- Janet and I have known each other for a long time.
- Trains run every five minutes.
- Although he cried for help, nobody came to his rescue.
- I enjoy spending time with close friends of mine.
- We arrived early because there wasn’t much traffic.
- There was nothing to do, so I went to bed.
- I noticed that he was drinking a lot.
- The doctor advised him to drink a lot of water.
- Most offices are closed on Sundays.
- Some of these stores are open round the clock.
- I waited all morning for a call from my mother.