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Only Placement Meaning ShiftSet 2

1Which word best completes the sentence: "We only put a job advert in the local paper last week, and we've ..... had over 50 applicants."

2I have ..... seen this film. It was on TV last week.

3The boy is only three years old. He's ..... to go to school.

4True or False:Adverbs like 'only', 'often', and 'nearly' are common words that can become squinting modifiers if not placed carefully.

5They have ..... broken the world record.

6True or False:The sentences 'I almost ate the whole pizza' and 'I ate almost the whole pizza' mean the exact same thing.

7I haven't seen any good films.

8Which option correctly contrasts "only" and "merely"?

9I have ..... played hide-and-sick. It was my first time

10This is a delicious cake, but we have ..... had a big dinner and feel very full.

11You may ..... have one.

12A subscript ..... affects the the element just before it.

13Thanks, but I don't want coffee. I've ..... had three cups of coffee today.

14Your health and happiness are merely an expression of how you live your life.

15A large percentage of the population in this country is Catholic, though many are so in name .....

16For many years Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, was the tallest building in the world. Sometimes, it is not even in the top ten.

17Tae Yong has ..... arrived Thailand since yesterday.

18GRAMMARChoose the correct answer.Please clean up your room. It will even / only take a minute to do it.

19Adjective or Adverb?I only fed my bird.

20I haven't visited Italy ..... It is the next country I want to visit.

21She ..... hasn't tidied her room.

22They're *** friends-they're married!

23Most people are *** careful with money when times are hard.

24I ..... haven't heard from Jo. I don't know where she is.

25Which sentence correctly places the focusing adverb 'only' to mean that you ate pizza and nothing else?

26Oh, come on it's ..... not that difficult.

27I can't go to the cinema again. I've ..... been twice this week.

28Michael ..... hasn't paid me all the money he owes me.

29I was ..... joking.

30They had ..... seen him for the last ten years and now here he was on their doorstep with his suitcases.

31I passed all my exams. I ..... passed my math exam.

32Tickets for the concert are available for a very low price:&dollar; 5.

33She ..... hasn't painted the picture I ordered last year.

34Carol ..... lives in Guayaquil, she moved to another country two weeks ago.

35Choose the correct position of JUST in the sentence.

36The cat is ..... full so it could ..... move.

37Which sentence contains a limiting modifier?