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1. _________ expected to arrive at 12:00.

Explanation

"They're" is the contracted form of "They are."
"Their" is a plural possessive adjective.
"There" is an adverb, and is also used as a dummy subject.

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2. _____ up to you.

Explanation

"It's" is the contracted form of "it is".
"Its" is the possessive adjective/possessive pronoun.

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3. _________ are no excuses for arriving late.

Explanation

"They're" is the contracted form of "They are."
"Their" is a plural possessive adjective.
"There" is an adverb, and is also used as a dummy subject.

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4. Now he __________ it difficult to play a full game.

Explanation

"Now" tells us this is a current situation, so we need to use the present simple tense.

We need to use the correct subject-verb agreement. "Jack" (he) is third person singular, so we conjugate the verb accordingly: "finds", not "find".

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5. I can't find my glasses so I think I'll have __________ replaced.

Explanation

"It" is a singular object pronoun; "them" is a plural object pronoun.
Although glasses are one item, they are considered grammatically plural.

"These" is a plural demonstrative pronoun for items close to the speaker.
"That" is a singular demonstrative pronoun for items far from the speaker.

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6. Do you want this juice; I don't like _____ taste.

Explanation

"It's" is the contracted form of "it is".
"Its" is the possessive adjective/possessive pronoun.

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7. Of all of the accountants in the company, Norman is surely the __________.

Explanation

"Competent" is a two syllable adjective (does not end in -y), therefore to form the superlative (comparing the accountant to all other employees), we:
* use "most" for the positive superlative (much, more, most)
* use "least" for the negative superlative (little, less, least)

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8. _________ expected arrival time is 12:00.

Explanation

"They're" is the contracted form of "They are."
"Their" is a plural possessive adjective.
"There" is an adverb, and is also used as a dummy subject.

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9. They grew up in __________ house in the country.

Explanation

Rule 1: Cumulative adjectives
"comfortable" describes the "little house", so the two adjectives are working together to describe the noun. We do not use a comma to separate cumulative adjectives.
(We do use a comma with coordinate adjectives, which each separately describe the noun.)

Rule 2: Adjective order (determiner, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose)
So "comfortable" (opinion) comes before "little" (size).

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10. Avatar is the ___________ movie I've ever seen.

Explanation

"Excited" (past participle adjective) refers to the feeling a person has. "Exciting" (present participle adjective) refers to the thing that makes a person feel this way.

"Exciting" is a two-syllable adjective (does not end in -y), therefore to form the superlative (comparing the movie to all other movies), we use "most".

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11. Uncle Bob is really __________ man.

Explanation

Rule 1: Cumulative adjectives
"Sweet" describes the "old man", so the two adjectives are working together to describe the noun. We do not use a comma to separate cumulative adjectives.
(We do use a comma with coordinate adjectives, which each separately describe the noun.)

Rule 2: Adjective order (determiner, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose)
So "sweet" (opinion) comes before "old" (age).

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12. This is probably the __________ dress in the store.

Explanation

"Fancy" is an adjective ending in -y, therefore to form the superlative (comparing the dress to all other dresses), we:
* change the -y to an "i"
* add -est

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13. Most of the milk __________ gone bad, but two litres of milk __________ still in the fridge.

Explanation

We need to use the correct subject-verb agreement.

"Milk" is uncountable, so we conjugate the verb for singular: "has", not "have".
"Litres" is countable and plural, so we conjugate the verb accordingly: "are", not "is".

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14. I went to my _________ office, but she was out to lunch.

Explanation

The possessive form of a singular noun takes: 's
The possessive form of a plural noun takes an apostrophe after the -s.

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15. Neither of us __________ able to predict the outcome of today's game.

Explanation

We need to use the correct subject-verb agreement. "Neither" (not one of us) is singular, so we conjugate the verb accordingly: "was", not "were".

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16. Decide on the correct order for the following items.
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17. We looked for our _________ cars, but they had not arrived yet.

Explanation

The possessive form of a singular noun takes: 's
The possessive form of a plural noun takes an apostrophe after the -s.

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18. Check the box next to each correct answer. For the last ten years, Jack and I __________ for the same hockey team.

Explanation

Both present perfect (simple) and present perfect continuous can be used to indicate an situation that started in the past, continues up until present and likely into the future.

We need to use the correct subject-verb agreement. "Jack and I" (we) is plural, so we conjugate the verb accordingly: "have", not "has".

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19. Check the box next to each correct answer. These factors __________ our decisions.

Explanation

We use the dependent preposition "on" when "influence" is used as a noun. We do not use the preposition when "influence" is used as a verb.

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20. Check the box next to each correct answer. Jack is a better player than I am, but recently he __________ some trouble with his left knee.

Explanation

Both present perfect (simple) and present perfect continuous can be used to indicate an situation that started in the past, continues up until present and likely into the future. We do not use present simple or past simple.

We need to use the correct subject-verb agreement. "Jack" (he) is singular, so we conjugate the verb accordingly: "has", not "have".

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_________ expected to arrive at 12:00.
_____ up to you.
_________ are no excuses for arriving late.
Now he __________ it difficult to play a full game.
I can't find my glasses so I think I'll have __________...
Do you want this juice; I don't like _____ taste.
Of all of the accountants in the company, Norman is surely the...
_________ expected arrival time is 12:00.
They grew up in __________ house in the country.
Avatar is the ___________ movie I've ever seen.
Uncle Bob is really __________ man.
This is probably the __________ dress in the store.
Most of the milk __________ gone bad, but two litres of milk...
I went to my _________ office, but she was out to lunch.
Neither of us __________ able to predict the outcome of today's...
Decide on the correct order for the following items.
We looked for our _________ cars, but they had not arrived yet.
Check the box next to each correct answer. ...
Check the box next to each correct answer. ...
Check the box next to each correct answer. ...
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