Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1Did ............... phone when I was out?
Wrong!
Use "anybody" in this neutral question when you do not know if a person phoned.
2Let’s go ............... quiet.
Wrong!
Use "somewhere" in an affirmative suggestion about an unspecified place.
3I searched for him everywhere, but I couldn’t find him ...............
Wrong!
Use "anywhere" after a negative verb such as "couldn’t find".
4I feel like eating ............... hot.
Wrong!
Use "something" in an affirmative sentence when you mean an unspecified thing.
5I didn’t do ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "anything" after a negative verb such as "didn’t do".
6Does ............... know where Michael lives?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "anyone" or "anybody" in this neutral question asking if a person knows.
7You can borrow ............... book at a time.
Wrong!
Use "any one" to mean any single book.
8I took ............... to repair the car.
Wrong!
Use "some time" to mean an amount of time.
9Let’s meet ............... next week.
Wrong!
Use "sometime" to mean at an unspecified time.
10I ............... visited them when I was in Mumbai.
Wrong!
Use "sometimes" to mean on some occasions.
11............... that year, Granny had a heart attack.
Wrong!
Use "Early" to mean near the beginning of that year.
12I hope you can finish the work ...............
Wrong!
Use "soon" to mean after a short time from now.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Did anybody phone when I was out?
- Let’s go somewhere quiet.
- I searched for him everywhere, but I couldn’t find him anywhere
- I feel like eating something hot.
- I didn’t do anything yesterday.
- Does anyone / anybody know where Michael lives?
- You can borrow any one book at a time.
- I took some time to repair the car.
- Let’s meet sometime next week.
- I sometimes visited them when I was in Mumbai.
- Early that year, Granny had a heart attack.
- I hope you can finish the work soon
