Grammar Gap Fills Exercise

Fill in the blanks

N1. The eruption of the volcano is an ……………………… sight

awesome
awful
Either could be used here

N2. It was an ……………………… movie. I shouldn’t have watched it

awesome
awful
Either could be used here

N3. He never took a ………………………. glance

backward
backwards
Either could be used here

N4. Bacteria ………………………. in the air we breathe and the food we eat

is
are
Either could be used here

N5. I feel …………………….. enough to go to the hospital

bad
badly
Either could be used here

N6. Don’t feel ………………………… about losing the match

bad
badly
Either could be used here

N7. The student was admonished for behaving ………………………. in the class

bad
badly
Either could be used here

  ………………………… N8. She wants a new job

bad
badly
Either could be used here

N9. Customs officers examined all ………………………. at the airport

baggage
baggages
Either could be used here

N10. We watched the fight with ………………………. breath

baited
bated

N11. When the rescuers found the castaway, he ………………………… alive

was barely
was not barely

N12. She was so weak that she ………………………………… hardly walk

could
could not

: Answers

N1. The eruption of the volcano is an awesome sight
N2. It was an awful movie. I shouldn’t have watched it
N3. He never took a backward glance
N4. Bacteria are in the air we breathe and the food we eat
N5. I feel bad enough to go to the hospital
N6. Don’t feel bad about losing the match
N7. The student was admonished for behaving badly in the class
N8. She wants a new job badly
N9. Customs officers examined all baggage at the airport
N10. We watched the fight with bated breath
N11. When the rescuers found the castaway, he was barely alive
N12. She was so weak that she could hardly walk