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Anil17 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

ADVERS - Only

Hi Can anyone help
I am having problems with using the adverb "only" in the folloing questions. Can someone review my answers please, my answers are below in bold?
  1. John had three pencils and lost two.
  2. No other girl but Ellen was late for school.
  3. Sam was the youngest in his class, as he was seven and all the others were eight or more years old.
  4. It rained on Wednesday. Every other day in the week was fine.
  5. If you asked me I could have gone with you.
  6. There had been two hundred thousand soldiers in the army. But half of them now remained after the battle. My answers (with"only" underlined).
My answers:
  1. John only had three pencils and lost two.
  2. In her class, only Ellen was late for school.
  3. In his class, Sam was only seven and all the others were eight or more years old.
  4. It only rained on Wednesday.
  5. If only you asked me I could have gone with you.
  6. Only half of the two hundred thousand soldiers in the army, remained, after battle.
  

Top answer

Hi, Here are my answers: John only has one pencil because he lost two. Only Ellen was late for school. In his class, only Sam was seven.

— Clive

  • Hi, Here are my answers: John only has one pencil because he lost two.
  • Only Ellen was late for school.
  • In his class, only Sam was seven.
  • It only rained on Wednesday.
  • If only you had asked me, I could have gone with you.
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Hi,
Here are my answers:
  1. John only has one pencil because he lost two.
  2. Only Ellen was late for school.
  3. In his class, only Sam was seven.
  4. It only rained on Wednesday.
  5. If only you had asked me, I could have gone with you.
  6. Only half of the two hundred thousand soldiers in the army remained after the battle.

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