Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase. Choose your answers from the given options.
1..............., the airplane took off.
Wrong!
The absolute phrase "The fog having lifted" shows that the fog cleared before the airplane took off.
2The accused complained of ............... by the police.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "having been tortured" and "being tortured" are acceptable passive gerund forms after "complained of."
3The ocean ..............., they abandoned the voyage.
Wrong!
The phrase "being rough" forms an absolute construction explaining why they abandoned the voyage.
4We were all happy at Mother Teresa's ............... the Nobel Prize.
Wrong!
The passive gerund "being awarded" correctly follows the possessive form "Mother Teresa's."
5............... a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.
Wrong!
The absolute phrase "It being" gives the reason for abandoning the match.
6I ............... the plants. Just after I finished watering, it started raining.
Wrong!
The modal perfect "needn't have watered" means the action was done but was unnecessary.
Done.
Score: 0/6
Answers
- The fog having lifted, the airplane took off.
- The accused complained of having been tortured / being tortured by the police.
- The ocean being rough, they abandoned the voyage.
- We were all happy at Mother Teresa’s being awarded the Nobel Prize.
- It being a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.
- I needn’t have watered the plants. Just after I finished watering, it started raining.
