1I ............... him for the past month.
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Use the present perfect "haven't met" with "for the past month" to connect the time period to now.
2Professionals ............... doctors and teachers are more useful than artists.
Wrong!
Use "such as" to introduce examples like doctors and teachers.
3The girl ............... walked in just now is my niece.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject relative pronoun for a person.
4Something ............... be done to improve the situation.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "ought to" and "should" correctly express advice or necessity here.
5You ............... leave him alone.
Wrong!
The negative form of the modal verb is "must not" without "do".
6I opened the door, but I didn't see ...............
Wrong!
Use "anybody" after a negative verb such as "didn't see".
7I rang the doorbell six times, but ............... opened the door.
Wrong!
Use "nobody" with an affirmative verb to mean that no person opened the door.
8She didn't ............... recognize me.
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In this sentence, "quite" naturally modifies "recognize" after "didn't".
9This is the ............... movie I have seen.
Wrong!
Use the superlative adjective "worst" after "the" to compare the movie with all others seen.
10We got into trouble ............... your stupidity.
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Use "because of" before the noun phrase "your stupidity".
11He worked ............... the best of his ability.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "to" in "to the best of his ability".
12Cain struck Abel ............... he was jealous of him.
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Use "because" before the clause "he was jealous of him".
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- I haven’t met him for the past month.
- Professionals such as doctors and teachers are more useful than artists.
- The girl who walked in just now is my niece.
- Something ought to / should be done to improve the situation.
- You must not leave him alone.
- I opened the door, but I didn’t see anybody.
- I rang the doorbell six times, but nobody opened the door.
- She didn’t quite recognize me.
- This is the worst movie I have seen.
- We got into trouble because of your stupidity.
- He worked to the best of his ability.
- Cain struck Abel because he was jealous of him.