Gap Fills Exercise

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

1. I haven’t read ………………… it.

a) all of

b) all

c) Either could be used here

2. ……………… children need love.

a) All

b) All of

c) Either could be used here

3. Is that …………………..?

a) all of them

b) them all

c) Either could be used here

4. ………………… Paris was talking about his affairs.

a) All

b) Whole

c) Either could be used here

5. You have eaten ……………….. loaf.

a) a whole

b) all a

c) Either could be used here

6. I have just read ……………………. ‘Old Man and the Sea’.

a) the whole of

b) all of

c) Either could be used here

7. She has invited ……………………. us.

a) both

b) both of

c) Either could be used here

8. He lost ………………… parents when he was a child.

a) both

b) both of

c) Either could be used here

9. I have been waiting for ………………………

a) one and a half hour

b) one and a half hours

c) Either could be used here

10. She had a child holding on to ……………… hand.

a) each

b) every

c) Either could be used here

Answers

1. I haven’t read all of it.

2. All children need love.

3. Is that all of them?

4. All Paris was talking about his affairs.

5. You have eaten a whole loaf.

6. I have just read all of / the whole of ‘Old Man and the Sea’.

7. She has invited both of us.

8. He lost both parents when he was a child.

9. I have been waiting for one and a half hours.

10. She had a child holding on to each hand.