1.    We sat ———————— as he narrated the stories of his adventures.

a)    All eyes
b)    All ears
c)    Eager
d)    All ear

2.    Since her husband is —————————– she feels quite lost.

Test your knowledge of idioms and phrases with this simple quiz

1.    He always keeps himself ——————— the latest developments in the world of science.

Amount and number

Use amount with uncountable nouns like rice, water, wheat etc. Use number with countable nouns.

He bought a large amount of rice. (Rice is uncountable.)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the verb

1.    The children are ——————— in the park.

a)    Play
b)    Plays
c)    Playing
d)    Played

Frequency adverbs show how often something happens. Examples are: often, never, always, sometimes, generally, usually, seldom, rarely, ever, hardly ever, frequently etc. Frequency adverbs are usually placed:

a)    Before the principal verb
b)    After the verb be
c)    Between the auxiliary and the principal verb
d)    Before used to and have to

Subject + adverb + main verb + object etc.

Gerunds are words like reading, writing, singing and running. They are used as nouns. Gerunds are often called verbal nouns because they are formed by adding –ing to a verb. Gerunds are used in several sentence patterns.

Subject + verb + to-infinitive

The infinitive phrase is sometimes used as equivalent to a clause. Study carefully the following examples.