This interactive exercise tests your range of grammar and vocabulary.
Fill in the blanks.
1. She is ……………………. to take her own decisions now.
When enough modifies an adjective, it goes after that adjective.
2. Girls mature ………………………….. than boys.
Earlier is the correct comparative expression.
3. The body ………………………. maturity earlier than the mind.
There is no preposition after reach.
4. ……………………… we will see you tomorrow.
Maybe means perhaps. May in may be is an auxiliary verb indicating probability.
5. Many elderly people don’t have the …………………………. to travel.
Means can mean money, resources or funds.
6. How could anyone be so ……………………..?
Mean can mean malicious or vicious.
7. I don’t want anyone to ………………………. in my affairs.
To meddle is to interfere.
8. It takes a lot of ………………………. to fight bulls.
Mettle means courage.
9. The lawyer tried to ………………………….. between the company and the union.
To mediate is to intervene or negotiate. To meditate is to think, ponder or reflect.
10. She spends hours admiring ……………………….. in the mirror.
We use the reflexive pronoun when the object refers to the same person as the subject.
11. I don’t approve of whisky but I am not averse …………………….. a glass of wine now and then.
Averse is followed by to.
12. Cats have an aversion ………………………. wet.
The to here is a preposition. When to is a preposition, it is followed by a noun or ing form.
Answers
1. She is mature enough to take her own decisions now.
2. Girls mature earlier than boys.
3. The body reaches maturity earlier than the mind.
4. Maybe we will see you tomorrow.
5. Many elderly people don’t have the means to travel.
6. How could anyone be so mean?
7. I don’t want anyone to meddle in my affairs.
8. It takes a lot of mettle to fight bulls.
9. The lawyer tried to mediate between the company and the union.
10. She spends hours admiring herself in the mirror.
11. I don’t approve of whisky but I am not averse to a glass of wine now and then.
12. Cats have an aversion to getting wet.
