Fill in the blanks.
1. I …………………… anything for hours.
The present perfect is more common with the time expressions for and since.
2. I believe that professionals ……………………. doctors and teachers are more useful than actors or singers.
Either like or such as can be used to give examples.
3. The child …………………… sits in that corner is my nephew.
We use who to refer to people.
4. You …………………… behave.
All of these expressions indicate ideas such as obligation and necessity.
5. You ......................... quit the job.
Must is a modal auxiliary. Questions and negatives are made without do.
6. I haven’t got ……………………… friends.
Not any means the same as no.
7. I called him in the morning but he didn’t ……………………. the phone.
Use the bare infinitive (v1) after do, does and did.
8. I don’t ……………………… agree with this view.
9. The situation is getting ……………………day by day.
Worse is the comparative form of bad.
10. I am now here ……………………. my mom.
Because of is a preposition. It is used before a noun.
11. Work …………………… the best of your ability.
12. I went home …………………….. I was bored.
Because is a conjunction. It is used to connect two clauses.
Answers
1. I haven’t eaten anything for hours.
2. I believe that professionals like / such as doctors and teachers are more useful than actors or singers.
3. The child who sits in that corner is my nephew.
4. You ought to / should / must behave.
5. You must not quit the job.
6. I haven’t got any friends.
7. I called him in the morning but he didn’t answer the phone.
8. I don’t quite agree with this view.
9. The situation is getting worse day by day.
10. I am now here because of my mom.
11. Work to the best of your ability.
12. I went home because I was bored.