Complete the following sentences using appropriate words.
1If I ............... about your problems, I would have helped you.
Wrong!
Use "had known" in the if-clause of a third conditional sentence.
2She has agreed to ............... my dogs while I am away on holiday.
Wrong!
The phrasal verb "look after" means to take care of someone or something.
3They made the child ............... the milk.
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After "made" in this causative structure, use the base verb "drink".
4She makes her children ............... their lessons every day.
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After "makes" in this causative structure, use the base verb "learn".
5The test was ............... difficult that she couldn’t answer many questions.
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Use "so" before an adjective followed by a that-clause of result.
6By this time next week, I ............... this work.
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Use "will have finished" for an action completed before a future time.
7She ............... by the time we arrived.
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Use "had left" for an action completed before another past action.
8On my way home, I stopped ............... to him.
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Use "to speak" when "stopped" means paused in order to do something.
9Despite ............... hard, he failed the exam.
Wrong!
After "despite", use the gerund "working".
10He ............... play a lot of tennis when he was young.
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Use "used to" for a past habit that is no longer true.
Answers
- If I had known about your problems, I would have helped you.
- She has agreed to look after my dogs while I am away on holiday.
- They made the child drink the milk.
- She makes her children learn their lessons every day.
- The test was so difficult that she couldn’t answer many questions.
- By this time next week, I will have finished this work.
- She had left by the time we arrived.
- On my way home, I stopped to speak to him.
- Despite working hard, he failed the exam.
- He used to play a lot of tennis when he was young.
