Question

Choose the correct items.

1) You mustn’t / needn’t / shouldn’t use cream in this sauce, but it makes it tastier.
2) You have to / ought to / could be over 1 m 60 cm tall to be an air hostess.
3) Shall / Should / May I ask you a question?
4) I should have gone / had to go / was able to go to visit my Uncle Tom in hospital after work, but I was too tired.
5) I really didn’t hear you ring the doorbell. I could have / can’t have / mightn’t have been sleeping, or maybe I was listening to music.
6) You lucky thing! How could you / were you able to / did you have to get Madonna’s autograph?
7) We go swimming another / the other / each other / every other week.
8) Hardly some / no / any / every people turned up for the meeting.
9) You should stop working so hardly / strongly / hard.
10) Sam doesn’t like fruit, and Jim doesn’t neither / too / either.
11) Mike and Tim did well on the test because either / both / neither / all of them had studied hard.
12) She goes to the gym each other / the other / every other day.
13) The sooner we move house, better / the best / the better it will be for us.
14) Clothes are getting the more / more and more / the most expensive all the time.
15) This report isn’t more / any / most better than the previous.
16) Your handwriting is unreadable / illegible. I can’t work out anything.
17) You should be more economic / economical is you want to save money.
18) Try to be more delicate talking to her, she is very sensible / sensitive.
19) Robert is quite / fairly a funny man.
20) It was quite / rather a waste of time cooking dinner.
21) This is nice material – it feels as / like silk.
22) I don’t think I could describe Andy as / like an intelligent person.
23) She has a little / a few / a great number of experience of working as a nurse.
24) How many cans / bags / cartons of flour do we need?
25) My brother-in-law’s / brother’s-in-law’s / brother’s-in-law car is the fastest I’ve ever ridden in.
26) I don’t live with my parents anymore. I live with my own / on my own / by my own.

Answer 1

1) You needn’t use cream in this sauce, but it makes it tastier.

2) You have to be over 1 m 60 cm tall to be an air hostess.

3) May I ask you a question?

4) I should have gone to visit my Uncle Tom in hospital after work, but I was too tired.

5) I really didn’t hear you ring the doorbell. I could have been sleeping, or maybe I was listening to music.

6) You lucky thing! How could you get Madonna’s autograph?

7) We go swimming every other week.

8) Hardly any people turned up for the meeting.

9) You should stop working so hard.

10) Sam doesn’t like fruit, and Jim doesn’t either.

11) Mike and Tim did well on the test because both of them had studied hard.

12) She goes to the gym every other day.

13) The sooner we move house, the better it will be for us.

14) Clothes are getting more and more expensive all the time.

15) This report isn’t any better than the previous.

16) Your handwriting is illegible. I can’t work out anything.

17) You should be more economical if you want to save money.

18) Try to be more delicate talking to her, she is very sensitive.

19) Robert is quite a funny man.

20) It was rather a waste of time cooking dinner.

21) This is nice material – it feels like silk.

22) I don’t think I could describe Andy as an intelligent person.

23) She has a little experience of working as a nurse.

24) How many bags of flour do we need?

25) My brother-in-law’s car is the fastest I’ve ever ridden in.

26) I don’t live with my parents anymore. I live with on my own.