Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one. Some sentences have two correct answers. Choose both.
1After the data breach, the company ............... all staff reset their passwords within 24 hours.
Wrong!
Use make + object + bare infinitive to show obligation imposed by the company.
2I finally ............... my landlord fix the heating after three weeks of emails.
Wrong!
Use get + object + to-infinitive (or get + object + bare infinitive in informal speech) to show you persuaded someone to do something.
3We ............... the report translated by a specialist because the legal wording was tricky.
Wrong!
Use have + object + past participle to mean you arranged a service.
4The CEO ............... it known that lateness would no longer be tolerated.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is make it known, meaning to announce something clearly.
5I ............... my assistant to book the flights, but she forgot to confirm the return leg.
Wrong!
Use ask + object + to-infinitive for a request (not a causative like make).
6If you want the refund processed today, you will need to ............... them to issue it manually.
Wrong!
Use get + object + to-infinitive to mean cause or persuade someone to do something.
7The judge ............... the witness repeat the answer, because the first response was unclear.
Wrong!
In formal contexts, make + object + bare infinitive shows forcing someone to do something.
8I would never ............... my name be used to endorse a product I do not believe in.
Wrong!
Use let + object + bare infinitive to mean allow something to happen.
9By the time we arrived, she ............... her hair done and was already taking photos.
Wrong!
Use had + object + past participle to show a service completed before another past moment.
10The protesters ............... the minister resign by blocking the entrance for hours.
Wrong!
Use make + object + bare infinitive to show they forced the resignation.
11He ............... his phone stolen on the metro, so he spent the afternoon cancelling cards.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use had or got + object + past participle to describe an unpleasant experience that happened to him.
12To avoid delays, we ............... the supplier deliver before noon, not at the end of the day.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use had or got + object + bare infinitive to mean you arranged or persuaded the supplier to deliver earlier.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- After the data breach, the company made all staff reset their passwords within 24 hours.
- I finally got my landlord fix the heating after three weeks of emails.
- We had the report translated by a specialist because the legal wording was tricky.
- The CEO made it known that lateness would no longer be tolerated.
- I asked my assistant to book the flights, but she forgot to confirm the return leg.
- If you want the refund processed today, you will need to get them to issue it manually.
- The judge made the witness repeat the answer, because the first response was unclear.
- I would never let my name be used to endorse a product I do not believe in.
- By the time we arrived, she had her hair done and was already taking photos.
- The protesters made the minister resign by blocking the entrance for hours.
- He got/had his phone stolen on the metro, so he spent the afternoon cancelling cards.
- To avoid delays, we got/had the supplier deliver before noon, not at the end of the day.
