Fill in the blanks.
1Each of these students ............... English.
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After "each of", use the singular verb "speaks".
2Each of these shirts ............... good on you.
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After "each of", use the singular verb "looks".
3Every one of them ............... present in the courtroom.
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"Every one of them" is singular, so it takes the singular verb "was".
4............... is lost.
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The determiner "all" comes before "my" in "All my money".
5Let ............... speak.
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After "let", use the object pronoun "him".
6Your problems are bigger than ...............
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Use the possessive pronoun "mine" to mean "my problems".
7That friend of ............... is a cheater.
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After "of" in this possessive pattern, use the possessive pronoun "yours".
8None of us ............... seen him since that fateful day.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "has" and "have" are acceptable after "none of us" in modern English.
9I don’t like these ............... of movies.
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After "these", use the plural noun "kinds".
10............... a cloudy day, we did not go out.
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The absolute phrase needs its own subject, so "It being" is correct.
11You are worse than ...............
Select 2 answers.
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After "than", both "he" and "him" are acceptable, though "him" is more common in informal English.
12Go now and ...............
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The verb "enjoy" needs an object, so "enjoy yourself" is correct.
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- 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 / have seen him since 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 he / him.
- Go now and enjoy yourself.