Nuance, Emphasis and Polite Questions
Practice set 10 · Mixed questions
A 15-question review combining grammar and vocabulary from this level's lessons. Choose the best option; review explanations after completing the test.
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Take ___ you need.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: whatever
Take whatever you need. Whatever, whoever, wherever and whenever can mean any thing/person/place/time or no matter what/who/where/when. However + adjective/adverb means no matter how. These clauses use ordinary statement order, not question inversion.
___ arrives first should open the door.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Whoever
Whoever arrives first should open the door. Whatever, whoever, wherever and whenever can mean any thing/person/place/time or no matter what/who/where/when. However + adjective/adverb means no matter how. These clauses use ordinary statement order, not question inversion.
Choose the word or expression: To choose to receive someone's social media posts.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: follow
follow: To choose to receive someone's social media posts. Example: I follow a chef who shares quick recipes.
The more you practice, the ___ you get.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: better
The more you practice, the better you get. The + comparative ..., the + comparative ... expresses linked change: the more you practice, the easier it becomes. Use more/less with longer forms and -er with shorter ones. Repeated comparatives, such as colder and colder, express gradual change without a second clause.
The earlier we leave, the ___ traffic we'll meet.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: less
The earlier we leave, the less traffic we'll meet. The + comparative ..., the + comparative ... expresses linked change: the more you practice, the easier it becomes. Use more/less with longer forms and -er with shorter ones. Repeated comparatives, such as colder and colder, express gradual change without a second clause.
Choose the word or expression: To stop receiving someone's social media posts.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: unfollow
unfollow: To stop receiving someone's social media posts. Example: You can unfollow accounts that no longer interest you.
The room is fairly ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: small
The room is fairly small. Fairly, quite, pretty and rather modify degree with differences in register and emphasis. Pretty is informal; rather can signal surprise or an unwelcome degree. Quite can mean completely with some non-gradable adjectives. Do not treat these words as fixed percentages.
The story is quite ___. (completely true)
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: true
The story is quite true. (completely true) Fairly, quite, pretty and rather modify degree with differences in register and emphasis. Pretty is informal; rather can signal surprise or an unwelcome degree. Quite can mean completely with some non-gradable adjectives. Do not treat these words as fixed percentages.
Choose the word or expression: To link a person's profile to a social media post or picture.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: tag
tag: To link a person's profile to a social media post or picture. Example: Please ask before you tag me in a photo.
___ the delay, we arrived before noon.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Despite
Despite the delay, we arrived before noon. Although/even though take clauses; despite/in spite of take noun phrases or -ing. To/in order to/so as to introduce purpose infinitives; so that introduces a clause. Negative purpose uses in order not to or so as not to.
She whispered so as not ___ wake anyone.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to
She whispered so as not to wake anyone. Although/even though take clauses; despite/in spite of take noun phrases or -ing. To/in order to/so as to introduce purpose infinitives; so that introduces a clause. Negative purpose uses in order not to or so as not to.
Choose the word or expression: To make a post or link visible to other people.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: share
share: To make a post or link visible to other people. Example: You can share this article with your friends.
Do you know where she ___?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: lives
Do you know where she lives? Indirect questions use statement order after an introductory phrase: Could you tell me where she lives? Yes/no questions use if/whether. Remove do/does/did when they only served question inversion, but keep necessary tense or negative auxiliaries.
Could you tell me ___ the station is?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: where
Could you tell me where the station is? Indirect questions use statement order after an introductory phrase: Could you tell me where she lives? Yes/no questions use if/whether. Remove do/does/did when they only served question inversion, but keep necessary tense or negative auxiliaries.
Choose the word or expression: To write a response below an online post.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: comment
comment: To write a response below an online post. Example: Only registered users can comment on this video.
Take ___ you need.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: whatever
Take whatever you need. Whatever, whoever, wherever and whenever can mean any thing/person/place/time or no matter what/who/where/when. However + adjective/adverb means no matter how. These clauses use ordinary statement order, not question inversion.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Whoever
Whoever arrives first should open the door. Whatever, whoever, wherever and whenever can mean any thing/person/place/time or no matter what/who/where/when. However + adjective/adverb means no matter how. These clauses use ordinary statement order, not question inversion.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: follow
follow: To choose to receive someone's social media posts. Example: I follow a chef who shares quick recipes.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: better
The more you practice, the better you get. The + comparative ..., the + comparative ... expresses linked change: the more you practice, the easier it becomes. Use more/less with longer forms and -er with shorter ones. Repeated comparatives, such as colder and colder, express gradual change without a second clause.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: less
The earlier we leave, the less traffic we'll meet. The + comparative ..., the + comparative ... expresses linked change: the more you practice, the easier it becomes. Use more/less with longer forms and -er with shorter ones. Repeated comparatives, such as colder and colder, express gradual change without a second clause.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: unfollow
unfollow: To stop receiving someone's social media posts. Example: You can unfollow accounts that no longer interest you.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: small
The room is fairly small. Fairly, quite, pretty and rather modify degree with differences in register and emphasis. Pretty is informal; rather can signal surprise or an unwelcome degree. Quite can mean completely with some non-gradable adjectives. Do not treat these words as fixed percentages.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: true
The story is quite true. (completely true) Fairly, quite, pretty and rather modify degree with differences in register and emphasis. Pretty is informal; rather can signal surprise or an unwelcome degree. Quite can mean completely with some non-gradable adjectives. Do not treat these words as fixed percentages.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: tag
tag: To link a person's profile to a social media post or picture. Example: Please ask before you tag me in a photo.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Despite
Despite the delay, we arrived before noon. Although/even though take clauses; despite/in spite of take noun phrases or -ing. To/in order to/so as to introduce purpose infinitives; so that introduces a clause. Negative purpose uses in order not to or so as not to.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: to
She whispered so as not to wake anyone. Although/even though take clauses; despite/in spite of take noun phrases or -ing. To/in order to/so as to introduce purpose infinitives; so that introduces a clause. Negative purpose uses in order not to or so as not to.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: share
share: To make a post or link visible to other people. Example: You can share this article with your friends.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: lives
Do you know where she lives? Indirect questions use statement order after an introductory phrase: Could you tell me where she lives? Yes/no questions use if/whether. Remove do/does/did when they only served question inversion, but keep necessary tense or negative auxiliaries.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: where
Could you tell me where the station is? Indirect questions use statement order after an introductory phrase: Could you tell me where she lives? Yes/no questions use if/whether. Remove do/does/did when they only served question inversion, but keep necessary tense or negative auxiliaries.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: comment
comment: To write a response below an online post. Example: Only registered users can comment on this video.
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