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Verbs exercise

November 27, 2013 - A2pdf

Complete the following sentences using appropriate forms of the verbs given in the brackets.

Progress 0 of 10 answered
1They ............... him hand and foot and held him fast.
Wrong!
Use the past simple irregular form "bound" for a completed past action.
2None of them ............... of doing what he never attempted to do.
Wrong!
Use "dreamed" after the past-time subject phrase "None of them" in this sentence.
3What he ............... he could not tell.
Wrong!
Use the past simple form "knew" to match "could not tell".
4They ............... the roads so that he might not escape.
Wrong!
Use the past simple form "guarded" for the completed past action.
5He came to my house to tell me what ............... .
Wrong!
Use the past perfect "had happened" because the event happened before he came to tell it.
6He promised that no one ............... for expressing their opinion.
Wrong!
Use the reported future passive "would be persecuted" after the past reporting verb "promised".
7He got his shop ............... before the monsoons set in.
Wrong!
Use the past participle "repaired" after "got his shop" to show that someone repaired it for him.
8He ran so fast that he ............... soon out of breath.
Wrong!
Use "was" to match the past-tense main clause "He ran".
9I wonder what he has done with the money I ............... him.
Wrong!
Use the past simple form "lent" for the earlier action of giving him the money temporarily.
10It ............... to you that he was simply bluffing.
Wrong!
Use the modal perfect "must have occurred" to make a strong deduction about a past realization.
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Answers

  1. They bound him hand and foot and held him fast.
  2. None of them dreamed of doing what he never attempted to do.
  3. What he knew he could not tell.
  4. They guarded the roads so that he might not escape.
  5. He came to my house to tell me what had happened .
  6. He promised that no one would be persecuted for expressing their opinion.
  7. He got his shop repaired before the monsoons set in.
  8. He ran so fast that he was soon out of breath.
  9. I wonder what he has done with the money I lent him.
  10. It must have occurred to you that he was simply bluffing.
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