Grammar Drills and Exercises

Complete the blanks with one missing word.

01. The little child stood ....................................... the chair in order to see out of the window.

02. She's the office gossip and knows everything ............................... everybody.

03. Ice melts when the temperature is ....................................... zero.

04. The work of a government adviser is done ................................ secret, behind closed doors.

05. His confession seemed ....................................... make his guilt absolutely certain, beyond all reasonable doubt.

06. The soldier saw his girl-friend when he was .................................. duty.

07. The golfer got ....................................... difficulties when his ball ended up in the rough, twenty metres off the fairway.

08. We must keep the formula in as secure a place ............................ possible, under lock and key.

09. After his illness, he was as weak ....................................... a kitten.

10. The boss wanted to know the reason ................................ his secretary was late.

11. A taxi-driver has to be good .................................. remembering street names.

12. I haven't been to the movies ....................................... last April.

13. The baby-sitter ..................................... after the children while the parents went to the opera.

14. He failed his driving test five times but in the ............................... he passed.