Fill in the blanks.
1. Each of these students ……………………… English.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after each.
2. Each of these shirts ……………………….. good on you.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after each.
3. Everyone of them ……………………….. present in the courtroom.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after everyone.
4. …………………………. is lost.
Wrong!
5. Let ……………………….. speak.
Wrong!
Use an object pronoun after let.
6. Your problems are bigger than ………………………………
Wrong!
Your problems are bigger than mine means your problems are bigger than my problems.
7. That friend of ………………………… is a cheater.
Wrong!
8. None of us …………………………….. seen him after that fateful day.
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A singular verb is preferred after none of.
9. I don’t like these …………………………… of movies.
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Use kinds, sorts and types after these and those.
10. ………………………….. a cloudy day, we did not go out.
Wrong!
11. You are worse than ………………………….
Wrong!
Object pronouns are preferred after as and than.
12. Go now and …………………………….
Wrong!
Enjoy is a transitive verb. It always requires an expressed object.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Each of these students speaks English.
- Each of these shirts looks good on you.
- Every one of them was present in the courtroom.
- All my money is lost.
- Let him speak.
- Your problems are bigger than mine.
- That friend of yours is a cheater.
- None of us has seen him after that fateful day.
- I don’t like these kinds of movies.
- It being a cloudy day, we did not go out.
- You are worse than him.
- Go now and enjoy yourself.
