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Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
A: Let's go _____ hot for our holidays.
B: But we can't go _____ ; it's too expensive.

  1. everywhere / nowhere

  2. somewhere / anywhere

  3. anywhere / everywhere

  4. anybody / someone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

You use somewhere when giving an approximate, specific location, a hot place. Anywhere is used to refer to any general place. Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
If _____ asks, tell them I've got a cold.

  1. anyone

  2. anything

  3. somewhere

  4. somebody
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

We use "anyone" to refer to both an open, unlimited set of things or people and specific things or people. We use it with a singular verb.  Here we refer to an unlimited set of people who might ask about the speaker's absence. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
We're _____ a party next Saturday. Would you like _____ ?

  1. have / to go

  2. having / to come

  3. had / to have

  4. having to / had
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The present continuous tense(am/is/are+verb+ing) is used to refer to an action that would happen in near future, that is, having. The infinitive or to+root verb is used to express a proposition, that is, "to come". Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.


You must see my new flat. ____ round and _____ a drink some time.

  1. Go / come

  2. Have / come

  3. Go / have

  4. Come / have
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The first sentence indicates an invitation to come in the general present, hence, simple present tense should be used.  The basic meaning of the verb have is “to be in the possession of something”. It is used in present simple, and it expresses a fact of having something in the present, here, having a drink. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I'm looking forward _____ more free time.

  1. to having

  2. to have

  3. of having

  4. having
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

"Look forward to "something means to be pleased or excited that it is going to happen, here, having more free time. The "to" in look forward to is a preposition, so we must follow it by a noun phrase or a verb in the -ing form. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
" _____ a drink?"
"Yes, please. I'll have an orange juice."

  1. Do you like

  2. Are you liking

  3. Would you like

  4. Did you like
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Would is used to talk about a hypothesis or preference, like preference for a drink. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A: ________ is responsible for all this confusion?
B: It may be Jack.

  1. How

  2. Why

  3. Who

  4. Whom
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Here, 'who' as a pronoun is correct because it is used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or more people. Here, it is being asked about the name of the person responsible for ....
'How' is incorrect as it is used to imply in what way or manner.
'Why' is incorrect because it is used in questions to ask the reason for or purpose of something.
'Whom' is incorrect because it is used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
________ did Helen eat for breakfast?

  1. When

  2. What

  3. Where

  4. Why
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Here, 'what' as an interrogative pronoun is correct because it is used in questions to ask for particular information about somebody/something. Here, information is being asked about Helen's breakfast.
'Where is incorrect because it is used after words or phrases that refer to a place or situation to mean ‘at, in or to which’.
'When' is incorrect because it is used after an expression of time to mean ‘at which’ or ‘on which’.
'Why' is incorrect because it is used in questions to ask the reason for or purpose of something.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.


________ clever baby!

  1. What

  2. How

  3. What a

  4. How a
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

We use "what" when we ask about specific information from a general range of possible answers, here, the quality possessed by a baby, that is, cleverness.  Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.