Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. The tree has never …………………… fruit before.
Borne is the past participle of bear.
2. The tree ……………………….. plenty of fruit last year.
The simple past of bear is bore.
3. Alexander the Great …………………….. every opponent between Greece and India.
The past simple of beat is beat.
4. A pound of sugar is ………………………. enough for one week.
Please select 2 correct answers
Barely and hardly mean almost not.
5. I ………………………….. barely see him.
Barely has a negative force. You cannot use another negative with it.
6. Everyone should be aware ………………………… the dangers of smoking.
7. The audience eagerly ……………………….. the speaker’s arrival.
To await is to wait for.
8. The settlers ……………………… the burning of the fort by destroying a native village.
To avenge is to take vengeance for.
9. Avail …………………………… every opportunity to get a good education.
10. The audience ………………………. happy with the play.
Audience is a collective noun. Collective nouns are usually used with singular verbs.
11. The accident ………………………. her of her husband.
To bereave is to lose someone you love.
12. The refugees arrived ……………………….. of their possessions.
Bereft means dispossession.
Answers
1. The tree has never borne fruit before.
2. The tree bore plenty of fruit last year.
3. Alexander the Great beat every opponent between Greece and India.
4. A pound of sugar is barely enough for one week.
5. I can barely see him.
6. Everyone should be aware of the dangers of smoking.
7. The audience eagerly awaited the speaker’s arrival.
8. The settlers avenged the burning of the fort by destroying a native village.
9. Avail yourself of every opportunity to get a good education.
10. The audience is happy with the play.
11. The accident bereaved. her of her husband.
12. The refugees arrived bereft of their possessions.
