People in My Home

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Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. My mother's brother is my ….

   1. sister
   2. uncle
   3. aunt
   4. daughter
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   uncle

   Uncle names a parent's brother.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. There … four people in our flat.

   1. be
   2. are
   3. is
   4. am
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   Answer

   are

   Use there are with the plural four people.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. My sister is six. … likes her toy bus.

   1. Her
   2. Hers
   3. She
   4. His
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   Answer

   She

   She is the subject of likes.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. That is my … chair. He sits there every evening.

   1. fathers
   2. fathers's
   3. father
   4. father's
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   Answer

   father's

   Father's marks possession by one father.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. We have a cat. … name is Pepper.

   1. It's
   2. Their
   3. It
   4. Its
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   Answer

   Its

   Its is the possessive form before name.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. My parents … in the kitchen now.

   1. has
   2. is
   3. am
   4. are
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   Answer

   are

   A plural subject takes are.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. I have two …. They are both younger than me.

   1. brother's
   2. brothers
   3. brothers's
   4. brother
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   Answer

   brothers

   Two requires the plural noun brothers.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. My aunt's daughter is my ….

   1. mother
   2. cousin
   3. uncle
   4. grandfather
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   cousin

   Cousin names a child of your aunt or uncle.

What to review next

Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.

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