{"id":1229,"date":"2016-04-07T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T11:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2016-04-07T12:20:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T12:20:52","slug":"general-grammar-exercise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/general-grammar-exercise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"General Grammar Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n<p>1. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. it may seem, I don&#8217;t enjoy watching movies.<\/p>\n<p>a) Though strange<br \/>\nb) Strange though<br \/>\nc) Strangely though<\/p>\n<p>2. As I get older, I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; more optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>a) get<br \/>\nb) am getting<br \/>\nc) have gotten<\/p>\n<p>3. Smoking is dangerous, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 you smell bad.<\/p>\n<p>a) as well as make<br \/>\nb) as well as making<br \/>\nc) as well making<\/p>\n<p>4. He is arriving\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. the 3.15 train.<\/p>\n<p>a) on<br \/>\nb) in<br \/>\nc) with<\/p>\n<p>5. She comes to our parties but never invites \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>a) us<br \/>\nb) us again<br \/>\nc) us back<\/p>\n<p>6. Does she understand the need \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>a) for scenery<br \/>\nb) of scenery<\/p>\n<p>7. There are \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. in the town centre.<\/p>\n<p>a) much nice shops<br \/>\nb) much nicer shops<br \/>\nc) much more nicer shops<\/p>\n<p>8. She spent more money \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>a) than was sensible<br \/>\nb) than it was sensible<br \/>\nc) than was it sensible<\/p>\n<p>9. I resent \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>a) to work<br \/>\nb) working<br \/>\nc) Either could be used here<\/p>\n<p>10. You ought to get your watch \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>a) repaired<br \/>\nb) repairing<\/p>\n<h2>Answers<\/h2>\n<p>1. <strong>Strange though<\/strong> it may seem, I don&#8217;t enjoy watching movies.<\/p>\n<p>2. As I get older, I <strong>get more<\/strong> optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>3. Smoking is dangerous, <strong>as well as making<\/strong> you smell bad.<\/p>\n<p>4. He is arriving <strong>on<\/strong> the 3.15 train.<\/p>\n<p>5. She comes to our parties but never invites <strong>us back<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>6. Does she understand the need <strong>for secrecy<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>7. There are <strong>much nicer shops<\/strong> in the town centre.<\/p>\n<p>8. She spent more money<strong> than was sensible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>9. I resent <strong>working<\/strong> on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>10. You ought to get your watch <strong>repaired<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fill in the blanks. 1. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. it may seem, I don&#8217;t enjoy watching movies. a) Though strange b) Strange though c) Strangely though 2. As I get older, I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; more optimistic. a) get&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-10-worksheets","tag-grammar-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}