English Grammar and Correct Usage Part 1

Which sentence uses FAMISH correctly?

• After the straight exam, I felt too exhausted and FAMISHED to eat my favourite foods

• I could eat a horse, I am FAMISH now.

• I FAMISHED my stomach next time you treat me to a meal out.

• I will bring lots of pizza, that’s a FAMISH.

Answer explanation

Famish means to cause to suffer severely from hunger.

Priscila _______ rather not invest her savings in the stock market.

• must

• has to

• could

• would

Did you have any problem ______ our house?

• search

• to search

• searching

• for searching

I hope you don’t mind _____ joining you

• to be

• I had been

• that I may

• me

Most basketball players are 6 ____ tall or more

• foot

• feet

• foots

• feets

These children _____ how to improvise more props for the play

• knew

• knows

• know

• known

The company will upgrade ______ computer systems next week.

• there

• their

• its

• it's

Clara ___________ three thousand words for her essay.

• have wrote

• has wrote

• have written

• has written

You have too many _______ but few time to prove you’re right.

• hypothesis

• hypotheses

• hyphothesises

• hypothesess

Neither Sarah nor Tina _______ the crime yesterday.

• witness

• witnesses

• witnessed

• witnessing