Fill in the blanks.
1. He ………………… his opponent with one stroke.
To fell somebody is to knock them down.
2. A desire to please his parents made him ………………… to do well.
We use an infinitive without to after make/made.
3. Is the boy strong enough …………………… that box?
Adverb enough is followed by a to-infinitive.
4. He offered some strong reasons ………………… abandoning the project.
Reason should be followed by for.
5. There is a strong similarity …………………… the two candidates.
Use between to speak of two people or things.
6. Those colors are …………………… strong for a bedroom.
Use too to show undesirable extremes.
7. His strong religious belief helped him …………………… a bad time.
8. The plan was ……………………. the enemy stronghold at midnight.
9. He struggled against …………………….. opposed the plan.
It should be He struggled against those who opposed the plan or He struggled against those opposing the plan.
10. He walked pompously into the restaurant …………………… he owned it.
Please select 2 correct answers
As if and as though can be used to talk about what a situation seems like.
11. She is ………………. stubborn to give in.
12. He made a stubborn attempt ………………… the lock.
Answers
1. He felled his opponent with one stroke.
2. A desire to please his parents made him strive to do well.
3. Is the boy strong enough to lift that box?
4. He offered some strong reasons for abandoning the project.
5. There is a strong similarity between the two candidates.
6. Those colors are too strong for a bedroom.
7. His strong religious belief helped him through a bad time.
8. The plan was to attack the enemy stronghold at midnight.
9. He struggled against those who opposed the plan.
10. He walked pompously into the restaurant as if / as though he owned it.
11. She is too stubborn to give in.
12. He made a stubborn attempt to break the lock.
