Each sentence given below contains a blank space. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1Thinking that he ............... someone with similar interests, the traveler tried to strike up a conversation with the scholar he met at the inn.
Wrong!
Use "had finally found" because the finding happened before the traveler tried to start the conversation.
2The young actress had made several controversial remarks during her interview ............... by a commercial television channel.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "telecast" and "telecasted" are acceptable past participles in this reduced passive clause.
3If you allow me to speak the truth, I will say without any hesitation that you have ............... a mistake.
Wrong!
The correct collocation is "made" in the phrase "made a mistake".
4She is so rich that she ............... two private yachts and three jets.
Wrong!
Use "owns" for present simple possession.
5He asked me if I ............... feeling well, and I replied that I wasn’t.
Wrong!
Use "was" after the past reporting verb "asked".
Answers
- Thinking that he had finally found someone with similar interests, the traveler tried to strike up a conversation with the scholar he met at the inn.
- The young actress had made several controversial remarks during her interview telecast / telecasted by a commercial television channel.
- If you allow me to speak the truth, I will say without any hesitation that you have made a mistake.
- She is so rich that she owns two private yachts and three jets.
- He asked me if I was feeling well, and I replied that I wasn’t.
