Complete the following sentences.
1Susie talked to the shy girl ............... she wouldn’t feel left out.
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Use "so that" to introduce the purpose or intended result of an action.
2I am going ............... ask her out.
Wrong!
Use "to" after "going" in the future form "be going to" plus a verb.
3They aren’t going ............... come.
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Use "to" after "going" in the future form "be going to" plus a verb.
4Let’s have a break ............... lunch.
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Use "for" to say the purpose or occasion of the break.
5The weather is stormy and will remain ............... over the weekend.
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Use "so" to avoid repeating the adjective "stormy" after "remain".
6I offer you new lamps ............... old.
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Use "for" to show exchange in the phrase "new lamps for old".
7We could not see ............... smoke.
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Use "for" before a noun phrase to mean that smoke prevented seeing.
8She went ............... the market.
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Use "to" with "went" to show movement toward a place.
9She prefers dogs ............... cats.
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Use "to" after "prefer" to compare two things.
10They got ............... their destination.
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Use "to" after "got" to show arrival at a place.
Answers
- Susie talked to the shy girl so that she wouldn’t feel left out.
- I am going to ask her out.
- They aren’t going to come.
- Let’s have a break for lunch.
- The weather is stormy and will remain so over the weekend.
- I offer you new lamps for old.
- We could not see for smoke.
- She went to the market.
- She prefers dogs to cats.
- They got to their destination.
