Fill in the blanks with special / especial and specially/especially.
1The carpenter uses a/an ............... machine for routing.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Special" and "especial" can both describe a particular kind of machine before a noun, but "special" is more common.
2This is a/an ............... day in my life.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Special" and "especial" can both mean important or different from normal before a noun.
3The circus hired him for his ............... trapeze stunts.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Special" and "especial" can both describe his unusual or particular trapeze stunts before a noun.
4It was a/an ............... occasion.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Special" and "especial" can both describe an important occasion before a noun.
5He is a very ............... friend.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Special" and "especial" can both describe an unusually important friend before a noun.
6The juggling act is ............... .
Wrong!
"Special" is used after "is" here to describe the juggling act.
7Today's ............... is the shoulder of lamb.
Wrong!
"Special" can be a noun meaning a dish offered on a particular day.
8This offer is very ............... .
Wrong!
"Special" is the adjective used after "is" to describe the offer.
9The cabinet was made ............... for the dining room.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Specially" and "especially" can both mean for a particular purpose here.
10The sunsets in the Pacific are ............... beautiful.
Wrong!
"Especially" means particularly and is used before the adjective "beautiful" here.
11It was not ............... hot.
Wrong!
"Especially" means very or particularly in the phrase "not especially hot".
12Everybody was happy to hear the news; my mother, ..............., looked delighted.
Wrong!
"Especially" can single out one person from a group in this sentence.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The carpenter uses a/an special / especial machine for routing.
- This is a/an special / especial day in my life.
- The circus hired him for his special / especial trapeze stunts.
- It was a/an special / especial occasion.
- He is a very special / especial friend.
- The juggling act is special .
- Today’s special is the shoulder of lamb.
- This offer is very special .
- The cabinet was made specially / especially for the dining room.
- The sunsets in the Pacific are especially beautiful.
- It was not especially hot.
- Everybody was happy to hear the news; my mother, especially, looked delighted.
