Complete the following sentences using a word or phrase. Choose your answers from the given options.
1You don't know what has happened, ...............?
Wrong!
A negative main clause takes the positive question tag "do you".
2While passing ............... the small door, I hurt my head.
Wrong!
Use "through" for movement from one side of an opening to the other.
3The thief was caught ...............
Wrong!
The idiom is "red-handed", meaning caught while doing something wrong.
4If something is "all Greek and Latin to you", you ...............
Wrong!
If something is "all Greek and Latin to you", you "don't understand it".
5I would like to ask ............... more questions.
Wrong!
In a polite request, "some" is the natural determiner before the plural noun "questions".
6Last year, the player announced that he ............... from the game at the end of that season.
Wrong!
In reported speech about a past announcement, "was retiring" is the natural backshifted form.
7Though they were badly outnumbered, the soldiers decided to make a ............... effort to conquer the city.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "last ditch", meaning a final desperate attempt.
8The students ............... when the teacher walked into the room.
Wrong!
The past time clause "when the teacher walked into the room" needs the simple past "stood up".
9They won't accept this proposal, ...............?
Wrong!
A negative statement with "won't" takes the positive question tag "will they".
10Will you wait ............... I return?
Wrong!
"Till" means until and fits naturally after "wait" in this sentence.
Answers
- You don’t know what has happened, do you?
- While passing through the small door, I hurt my head.
- The thief was caught red-handed
- If something is “all Greek and Latin to you”, you don’t understand it
- I would like to ask some more questions.
- Last year, the player announced that he was retiring from the game at the end of that season.
- Though they were badly outnumbered, the soldiers decided to make a last ditch effort to conquer the city.
- The students stood up when the teacher walked into the room.
- They won’t accept this proposal, will they?
- Will you wait till I return?
