Fill in the blanks.
1He attributed his good health to his ............... with nature.
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The noun "communion" means a close spiritual or emotional relationship with nature.
2She is ............... a career in writing.
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The correct pattern is "keen on building" before a gerund phrase.
3They ............... him to prison for five years.
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The active past simple verb "sent" correctly completes the sentence.
4Sometimes I wish ...............
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After "I wish" about an impossible past situation, use "I had never been born".
5What ............... if the train had been late?
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In a third conditional question, "would you have done" matches "if the train had been late".
6He ............... understood.
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The passive form "can't be" is needed before the past participle "understood".
7After marching through the foothills for two days, we found ourselves ............... proper.
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The phrase "at the base of the mountain" means at the lowest part of the mountain itself.
8She smiled ...............
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The adverbial phrase "in a friendly way" correctly describes how she smiled.
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- He attributed his good health to his communion with nature.
- She is keen on building a career in writing.
- They sent him to prison for five years.
- Sometimes I wish I had never been born.
- What would you have done if the train had been late?
- He can’t be understood.
- After marching through the foothills for two days, we found ourselves at the base of the mountain proper.
- She smiled in a friendly way.