Fill in the blanks.
1I gave my daughter a ...............
Wrong!
The natural noun phrase is "beautifully illustrated children's encyclopedia" because the encyclopedia is for children, not owned by one child.
2Workers who ............... the same operation day after day take no pleasure or pride in their work.
Wrong!
Use "perform" for a repeated general action in the present.
3The popular theory that modern man came out of Africa ............... into doubt by the discovery of a 350,000-year-old skull in China.
Wrong!
The singular subject "the popular theory" needs the present perfect passive "has been thrown".
4The woman looked askance at the tablet and asked if it ............... all that was to be given to a patient to make him well.
Wrong!
In reported speech after the past verb "asked," "was" is the natural tense here.
5The old woman ............... with a beaming face the next day and reported that her husband had recovered.
Wrong!
Use "returned" for the completed past action followed by another past action.
Answers
- I gave my daughter a beautifully illustrated children’s encyclopedia.
- Workers who perform the same operation day after day take no pleasure or pride in their work.
- The popular theory that modern man came out of Africa has been thrown into doubt by the discovery of a 350,000-year-old skull in China.
- The woman looked askance at the tablet and asked if it was all that was to be given to a patient to make him well.
- The old woman returned with a beaming face the next day and reported that her husband had recovered.
