Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.
1Will you ............... dollars in this hour of need?
Wrong!
Use "lend me a few" after "Will you" to make a polite request with the correct article.
2............... understand anything he says.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "Half of his students don’t" and "Half his students don’t" are correct plural subjects here.
3Where ............... I lent you?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "is that ten dollars" and "are the ten dollars" can be correct, depending on whether the amount or the individual dollars are meant; "is those" mixes a singular verb with a plural determiner.
4............... for well over twenty years, I am reluctant to move to another city.
Wrong!
Use "Since I have been living in Bangalore" for an action continuing from the past to now.
5The boy complained of ............... by his step-mother.
Wrong!
Use "having been tortured" after "complained of" to show that the boy received the action.
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- Will you lend me a few dollars in this hour of need?
- Half of his students don’t / Half his students don’t understand anything he says.
- Where is that ten dollars / are the ten dollars I lent you?
- Since I have been living in Bangalore for well over twenty years, I am reluctant to move to another city.
- The boy complained of having been tortured by his step-mother.