Question

PLEASE, HELP ME!

By today’s standards, my mobile phone is pretty basic. It’s a Nokia. It’s a small device that receives telephone calls and sends text messages. Other than that, my phone _________NOT/DO_________ much. Most of my friends wish they _________HAVE_________ smartphones because they are cool and trendy. They say the _________GOOD_________ thing about a smartphone is that you ‘can do everything with it!’ That’s right, smartphones have many more functions than a simple phone, however, not all of them are needed. In everyday life, smartphones _________USE_________ mainly for checking social networking sites, replying to emails, and playing games. Grown-ups as well as ________CHILD__________ like playing games. Anyway, I prefer my good old Nokia. It’s my ________ONE__________ mobile phone. When I bought it, it didn’t cost _________I_________ very much. And I am not afraid anyone will ever steal it. It’s also very reliable. Yesterday I dropped it. It _________FLY_________ down the staircase and hit the wall. I thought that _________BE_________ the end of it and I would have to buy a new one. But nothing of the kind – it still works properly!

Answer 1

1. not/do: doesn't do
2. have: had
3. good: best
4. use: are used
5. child: children
6. one: first
7. I: me
8. fly: flew
9. be: would be

Answer 2

1. doesn't do OR does not do

In this case your verb phrase needs to agree with the subject phone. It is singular so the verb phrase must be singular as well. You can either use the contraction doesn't or it can be written out: does not.

2. had

Have needs to be in past tense. The friends are wishing they already (past tense) had the smartphones. They wanted it yesterday, not now, not in the future.

3. best

In this sentence she is saying choosing the one things that is at the top of the list of things about a smartphone. Since there is definitely more than 2 items on the list, best should be used.

4. are used

This needs a helping verb and the correct form of use.

5. children

In this sentence, the author is talking about more than one child. The plural form of child is children.

6. first

An ordinal number is needed her since the author is saying that her Nokia is her first one.

7. me

Me is an object pronoun. In this sentence the subject is it so me is an object.

8. flew

Fly needs to be in past tense since the action happened yesterday.

9. would be

This needs the conditional helping verb would in order to make sense.