Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.
1She ............... wait for over two years.
Wrong!
Use the passive causative form "was made to" before the base verb "wait".
2It ............... three times last week.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "rained" for completed events in a finished past time ("last week"). "Three times" counts separate completed events, so the continuous form is not used.
3He would have accepted this proposal if you ............... more courteous.
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In a third conditional, use the past perfect "had been" in the if-clause.
4What I don't understand is why they ............... so long before lodging a complaint last year.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "waited" for a completed past action at a stated past time.
5Should it prove to be true, I ............... resign from the committee.
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In this formal first-person result clause, "shall" expresses a future decision.
6If he drank less, he ............... liver trouble.
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In a second conditional sentence, use "wouldn't develop" for the imagined result.
7Newton saw the apple ............... to the ground.
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After "saw" plus an object, use the bare infinitive "fall" to describe the complete action.
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- She was made to wait for over two years.
- It rained three times last week.
- He would have accepted this proposal if you had been more courteous.
- What I don’t understand is why they waited so long before lodging a complaint last year.
- Should it prove to be true, I shall resign from the committee.
- If he drank less, he wouldn’t develop liver trouble.
- Newton saw the apple fall to the ground.