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I ___ from Spain.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: am
Completed sentence: I am from Spain. Use am with I, is with he/she/it and singular nouns, and are with you/we/they and plurals. Put not after be; move be before the subject in questions. Short answers repeat be, not do.
Yesterday I ___ tired.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: was
Completed sentence: Yesterday I was tired. Was is the past of am/is; were is the past of are. Use was/were before the subject in questions and wasn't/weren't in negatives. Do not use did with past be.
I think it ___ rain tomorrow.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: will
Completed sentence: I think it will rain tomorrow. Use will + base verb for predictions, promises and decisions made now. The negative is won't. Shall I/we is commonly used for offers and suggestions, especially in British English. Never add -s after will.
She can ___ very well.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: swim
Completed sentence: She can swim very well. Can + base verb expresses ability, possibility or informal permission. Use can't for the negative and place can before the subject in questions. Can does not take -s or to. Formal requests may use may, but can is common in everyday speech.
I want ___ English.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to learn
Completed sentence: I want to learn English. Learn the pattern after each verb: want, hope and decide take to + base verb; enjoy and finish take -ing. Like can take either pattern in many contexts. After a preposition, normally use a noun or -ing form.
She is ___ engineer.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: an
Completed sentence: She is an engineer. Use a before a consonant sound and an before a vowel sound with singular countable nouns. Most plurals take -s or -es; some are irregular, such as children. Do not use a/an directly before a plural noun.
There ___ a park near my house.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: is
Completed sentence: There is a park near my house. There is/are introduces something that exists in a place. Match be to the following noun: is/was with singular or uncountable nouns, are/were with plurals. Questions begin Is/Are/Was/Were there.
They have two ___ cars.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: red
Completed sentence: They have two red cars. Adjectives describe nouns. Put them before a noun or after be and linking verbs such as seem. English adjectives do not take a plural ending. A/an agrees with the sound immediately after it, including an adjective.
I stayed home ___ I was ill.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: because
Completed sentence: I stayed home because I was ill. And adds information, but contrasts ideas, or presents alternatives, so introduces a result and because gives a reason. A because clause needs a main clause. Do not normally pair because and so to link the same two clauses.
The class starts ___ nine.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: at
Completed sentence: The class starts at nine. Use at for clock times and certain fixed expressions, on for days and dates, and in for months, years and parts of the day. Say at night but in the morning. Do not add a preposition before next, last or this in time expressions.
Where ___ you live?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: do
Completed sentence: Where do you live? Most questions use question word + auxiliary + subject + main verb. Be moves before the subject without do. Ask who about a person, where about a place, when about time and why about a reason.
She ___ English every evening.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: studies
Completed sentence: She studies English every evening. Use the present simple for habits and facts. Add -s or -es with he/she/it. Use do/does in questions and do not/does not in negatives, followed by the base verb. Be has its own question pattern.
We ___ a film last night.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: watched
Completed sentence: We watched a film last night. Use the past simple for completed events in finished past time. Regular verbs take -ed; irregular verbs have special forms such as went, saw and bought. The positive past form is the same for every subject except be.
Look at those black clouds! It ___ rain.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: is going to
Completed sentence: Look at those black clouds! It is going to rain. Use am/is/are going to + base verb for an existing plan or a prediction based on present evidence. Keep be in questions and negatives. Going to is followed by the base form, not -ing.
___ the door, please.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Close
Completed sentence: Close the door, please. An imperative starts with the base verb and usually has no subject. Use don't + base verb for a negative instruction. Please makes instructions more polite; let's + base verb suggests doing something together.
I bought a book. ___ book is about birds.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: The
Completed sentence: I bought a book. The book is about birds. Use a/an to introduce one unspecified singular countable thing. Use the when the listener can identify it. Use no article for plural or uncountable nouns in general. In these exercises, choose — for no article.
___ is a bank on this street.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: There
Completed sentence: There is a bank on this street. Use there + be to introduce existence; use it to refer to one thing already identified. It is also a dummy subject for weather, time and distance. There is a café. It is open. Do not use it is to introduce an unspecified café.
She speaks ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: quietly
Completed sentence: She speaks quietly. Adjectives describe people or things; adverbs describe actions. Many manner adverbs add -ly, but good becomes well, and fast/hard stay unchanged. After linking verbs such as look or feel, use an adjective to describe the subject.
The keys are ___ the bag.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: in
Completed sentence: The keys are in the bag. Use in for being inside an area or container, on for a surface, and at for a point or activity location. Some places allow different prepositions with different meanings; choose according to the context, not the noun alone.
Choose the natural sentence.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: She often walks to work.
Correct choice: She often walks to work. Frequency adverbs usually go before a main verb but after be: often walks, is often late. With auxiliaries they normally follow the first auxiliary. Never has a negative meaning, so do not add don't in standard English.
I ___ from Spain.
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Correct answer: am
Completed sentence: I am from Spain. Use am with I, is with he/she/it and singular nouns, and are with you/we/they and plurals. Put not after be; move be before the subject in questions. Short answers repeat be, not do.
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Correct answer: was
Completed sentence: Yesterday I was tired. Was is the past of am/is; were is the past of are. Use was/were before the subject in questions and wasn't/weren't in negatives. Do not use did with past be.
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Correct answer: will
Completed sentence: I think it will rain tomorrow. Use will + base verb for predictions, promises and decisions made now. The negative is won't. Shall I/we is commonly used for offers and suggestions, especially in British English. Never add -s after will.
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Correct answer: swim
Completed sentence: She can swim very well. Can + base verb expresses ability, possibility or informal permission. Use can't for the negative and place can before the subject in questions. Can does not take -s or to. Formal requests may use may, but can is common in everyday speech.
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Correct answer: to learn
Completed sentence: I want to learn English. Learn the pattern after each verb: want, hope and decide take to + base verb; enjoy and finish take -ing. Like can take either pattern in many contexts. After a preposition, normally use a noun or -ing form.
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Correct answer: an
Completed sentence: She is an engineer. Use a before a consonant sound and an before a vowel sound with singular countable nouns. Most plurals take -s or -es; some are irregular, such as children. Do not use a/an directly before a plural noun.
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Correct answer: is
Completed sentence: There is a park near my house. There is/are introduces something that exists in a place. Match be to the following noun: is/was with singular or uncountable nouns, are/were with plurals. Questions begin Is/Are/Was/Were there.
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Correct answer: red
Completed sentence: They have two red cars. Adjectives describe nouns. Put them before a noun or after be and linking verbs such as seem. English adjectives do not take a plural ending. A/an agrees with the sound immediately after it, including an adjective.
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Correct answer: because
Completed sentence: I stayed home because I was ill. And adds information, but contrasts ideas, or presents alternatives, so introduces a result and because gives a reason. A because clause needs a main clause. Do not normally pair because and so to link the same two clauses.
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Correct answer: at
Completed sentence: The class starts at nine. Use at for clock times and certain fixed expressions, on for days and dates, and in for months, years and parts of the day. Say at night but in the morning. Do not add a preposition before next, last or this in time expressions.
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Correct answer: do
Completed sentence: Where do you live? Most questions use question word + auxiliary + subject + main verb. Be moves before the subject without do. Ask who about a person, where about a place, when about time and why about a reason.
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Correct answer: studies
Completed sentence: She studies English every evening. Use the present simple for habits and facts. Add -s or -es with he/she/it. Use do/does in questions and do not/does not in negatives, followed by the base verb. Be has its own question pattern.
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Correct answer: watched
Completed sentence: We watched a film last night. Use the past simple for completed events in finished past time. Regular verbs take -ed; irregular verbs have special forms such as went, saw and bought. The positive past form is the same for every subject except be.
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Correct answer: is going to
Completed sentence: Look at those black clouds! It is going to rain. Use am/is/are going to + base verb for an existing plan or a prediction based on present evidence. Keep be in questions and negatives. Going to is followed by the base form, not -ing.
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Correct answer: Close
Completed sentence: Close the door, please. An imperative starts with the base verb and usually has no subject. Use don't + base verb for a negative instruction. Please makes instructions more polite; let's + base verb suggests doing something together.
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Correct answer: The
Completed sentence: I bought a book. The book is about birds. Use a/an to introduce one unspecified singular countable thing. Use the when the listener can identify it. Use no article for plural or uncountable nouns in general. In these exercises, choose — for no article.
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Correct answer: There
Completed sentence: There is a bank on this street. Use there + be to introduce existence; use it to refer to one thing already identified. It is also a dummy subject for weather, time and distance. There is a café. It is open. Do not use it is to introduce an unspecified café.
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Correct answer: quietly
Completed sentence: She speaks quietly. Adjectives describe people or things; adverbs describe actions. Many manner adverbs add -ly, but good becomes well, and fast/hard stay unchanged. After linking verbs such as look or feel, use an adjective to describe the subject.
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Correct answer: in
Completed sentence: The keys are in the bag. Use in for being inside an area or container, on for a surface, and at for a point or activity location. Some places allow different prepositions with different meanings; choose according to the context, not the noun alone.
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Correct answer: She often walks to work.
Correct choice: She often walks to work. Frequency adverbs usually go before a main verb but after be: often walks, is often late. With auxiliaries they normally follow the first auxiliary. Never has a negative meaning, so do not add don't in standard English.
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Correct answer: is swimming
Completed sentence: Look! The dog is swimming in the river. Form the present continuous with am/is/are + -ing. Use it for an action happening now or a temporary situation. Put not after be and move be before the subject in questions. Do not omit be.
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Correct answer: send
Completed sentence: Did you send the email? Use did + subject + base verb for past-simple questions and did not + base verb for negatives. Did already carries the past tense, so do not use went or played after it. Questions with was/were use a different pattern.
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Correct answer: some
Completed sentence: I would like some water. Would like is a polite way to express a wish or offer something. Use would like + noun or would like to + verb. Would you like asks about a particular offer; Do you like asks about a general preference.
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Correct answer: This
Completed sentence: This book here is mine. This and these refer to things near the speaker; that and those usually indicate greater distance. This/that are singular and these/those are plural. They can come before a noun or stand alone.
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Correct answer: this
Completed sentence: Hello, this is Eva speaking. Use this to identify or introduce someone or something near you. Use it to refer back to an identified singular thing, and for weather or time. On the telephone, This is Anna identifies the speaker; it can refer to a caller already mentioned.
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Correct answer: heavier
Completed sentence: My bag is heavier than yours. Compare two things using adjective + -er or more + longer adjective, followed by than. Good becomes better and bad becomes worse. Do not combine more with an -er comparative. Change consonant + y to -ier.
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Correct answer: under
Completed sentence: The cat is under the table, below its top. Place prepositions express position: under is lower than, over is above, between separates two reference points, next to means beside, and behind is at the back. In front of is the opposite of behind. Use a noun phrase after the preposition.
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Correct answer: I like music.
Correct choice: I like music. A basic statement normally has subject + verb + object, followed by place and time. Put an adjective before its noun. Do not place a manner adverb between a transitive verb and its direct object. English normally requires an explicit subject.
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Correct answer: eat
Completed sentence: I usually eat at home. Use the present simple for routines and the present continuous for actions happening now or temporary situations. Time expressions help, but meaning decides the tense. Verbs such as know and want normally use simple forms.
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Correct answer: I
Completed sentence: I am a teacher. Subject pronouns perform the action: I, you, he, she, it, we, they. Possessive adjectives come before nouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. Its shows possession; it's means it is or it has.
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Correct answer: tallest
Completed sentence: This is the tallest building in town. Use the superlative to compare one member with a whole group: the -est or the most + adjective. Good becomes best and bad becomes worst. Use in with places and groups, and of with a plural set such as of all the books.
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Correct answer: has
Completed sentence: My sister has got a bike. Have got expresses possession: I/you/we/they have got; he/she/it has got. Use haven't/hasn't got for negatives and Have/Has + subject + got for questions. Do not combine do with have got.
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Correct answer: She
Completed sentence: She likes music. (Anna) Use subject pronouns before a verb as its subject and object pronouns after a verb or preposition: I/me, he/him, she/her, we/us, they/them. You and it have the same subject and object forms.
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Correct answer: an
Completed sentence: There is an apple in the bowl. Use a/an with one countable noun, some with plural or uncountable amounts, and any in most negatives and questions. Some is common in offers and requests expecting yes. Uncountable nouns such as information do not take a/an.
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Correct answer: much
Completed sentence: How much water do we need? Use many/a few with plural countable nouns and much/a little with uncountable nouns. A lot of works with both. Much and many are common in questions and negatives; a lot of is natural in positive everyday statements.
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Correct answer: Whose
Completed sentence: Whose coat is this? Whose asks about possession. Add 's to a singular noun and an apostrophe after a regular plural ending in s. Irregular plurals take 's. Do not confuse whose with who's, meaning who is or who has.
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Correct answer: Is
Completed sentence: Is your sister a student? Use am with I, is with he/she/it and singular nouns, and are with you/we/they and plurals. Put not after be; move be before the subject in questions. Short answers repeat be, not do.
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Correct answer: Were
Completed sentence: Were you at home last night? Was is the past of am/is; were is the past of are. Use was/were before the subject in questions and wasn't/weren't in negatives. Do not use did with past be.
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Correct answer: will
Completed sentence: The phone is ringing. I will answer it. Use will + base verb for predictions, promises and decisions made now. The negative is won't. Shall I/we is commonly used for offers and suggestions, especially in British English. Never add -s after will.
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Correct answer: Can
Completed sentence: Can I sit here? Can + base verb expresses ability, possibility or informal permission. Use can't for the negative and place can before the subject in questions. Can does not take -s or to. Formal requests may use may, but can is common in everyday speech.
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Correct answer: cooking
Completed sentence: She enjoys cooking. Learn the pattern after each verb: want, hope and decide take to + base verb; enjoy and finish take -ing. Like can take either pattern in many contexts. After a preposition, normally use a noun or -ing form.
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Correct answer: children
Completed sentence: I have two children. Use a before a consonant sound and an before a vowel sound with singular countable nouns. Most plurals take -s or -es; some are irregular, such as children. Do not use a/an directly before a plural noun.
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Correct answer: are
Completed sentence: There are two shops here now. There is/are introduces something that exists in a place. Match be to the following noun: is/was with singular or uncountable nouns, are/were with plurals. Questions begin Is/Are/Was/Were there.
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Correct answer: quiet
Completed sentence: The room is quiet. Adjectives describe nouns. Put them before a noun or after be and linking verbs such as seem. English adjectives do not take a plural ending. A/an agrees with the sound immediately after it, including an adjective.
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Correct answer: so
Completed sentence: It was cold, so I wore a coat. And adds information, but contrasts ideas, or presents alternatives, so introduces a result and because gives a reason. A because clause needs a main clause. Do not normally pair because and so to link the same two clauses.
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Correct answer: in
Completed sentence: My birthday is in July. Use at for clock times and certain fixed expressions, on for days and dates, and in for months, years and parts of the day. Say at night but in the morning. Do not add a preposition before next, last or this in time expressions.
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Correct answer: is
Completed sentence: What is her name? Most questions use question word + auxiliary + subject + main verb. Be moves before the subject without do. Ask who about a person, where about a place, when about time and why about a reason.
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Correct answer: Do
Completed sentence: Do they work here? Use the present simple for habits and facts. Add -s or -es with he/she/it. Use do/does in questions and do not/does not in negatives, followed by the base verb. Be has its own question pattern.
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Correct answer: went
Completed sentence: She went to Rome in 2020. Use the past simple for completed events in finished past time. Regular verbs take -ed; irregular verbs have special forms such as went, saw and bought. The positive past form is the same for every subject except be.
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Correct answer: are
Completed sentence: We are going to visit our aunt tomorrow. Use am/is/are going to + base verb for an existing plan or a prediction based on present evidence. Keep be in questions and negatives. Going to is followed by the base form, not -ing.
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Correct answer: park
Completed sentence: Don't park here. An imperative starts with the base verb and usually has no subject. Use don't + base verb for a negative instruction. Please makes instructions more polite; let's + base verb suggests doing something together.
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Correct answer: —
Completed sentence: She drinks — water every day. (in general) Use a/an to introduce one unspecified singular countable thing. Use the when the listener can identify it. Use no article for plural or uncountable nouns in general. In these exercises, choose — for no article.
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Correct answer: It
Completed sentence: I bought a coat. It is blue. Use there + be to introduce existence; use it to refer to one thing already identified. It is also a dummy subject for weather, time and distance. There is a café. It is open. Do not use it is to introduce an unspecified café.
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Correct answer: careful
Completed sentence: He is a careful driver. Adjectives describe people or things; adverbs describe actions. Many manner adverbs add -ly, but good becomes well, and fast/hard stay unchanged. After linking verbs such as look or feel, use an adjective to describe the subject.
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Correct answer: on
Completed sentence: The picture hangs on the wall. Use in for being inside an area or container, on for a surface, and at for a point or activity location. Some places allow different prepositions with different meanings; choose according to the context, not the noun alone.
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Correct answer: never
Completed sentence: He is never late. Frequency adverbs usually go before a main verb but after be: often walks, is often late. With auxiliaries they normally follow the first auxiliary. Never has a negative meaning, so do not add don't in standard English.
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Correct answer: am not
Completed sentence: I am not working today. Form the present continuous with am/is/are + -ing. Use it for an action happening now or a temporary situation. Put not after be and move be before the subject in questions. Do not omit be.
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Correct answer: work
Completed sentence: She didn't work yesterday. Use did + subject + base verb for past-simple questions and did not + base verb for negatives. Did already carries the past tense, so do not use went or played after it. Questions with was/were use a different pattern.
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Correct answer: to come
Completed sentence: Would you like to come with us? Would like is a polite way to express a wish or offer something. Use would like + noun or would like to + verb. Would you like asks about a particular offer; Do you like asks about a general preference.
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Correct answer: These
Completed sentence: These shoes here are new. This and these refer to things near the speaker; that and those usually indicate greater distance. This/that are singular and these/those are plural. They can come before a noun or stand alone.