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Gerunds, Irregular Past Forms, Question Tags and Whom Exercise

June 29, 2022 A2pdf

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Progress 0 of 12 answered
1I am proud ............... the race.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "proud", both "of having won" and "to have won" are natural here.
2Our team has a decent chance ............... the game.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "chance", both "of winning" and "to win" are natural here.
3That movie doesn’t deserve ...............
Wrong!
The verb "deserve" is followed by "watching" when the subject is the thing that may be watched.
4He ............... up before I could say anything.
Wrong!
The past form of the phrasal verb "hang up" is "hung" in this sentence.
5He ............... saying that they were just friends.
Wrong!
The correct past simple form of "keep" is "kept".
6He asked what I ...............
Wrong!
In reported speech after "asked", the natural backshifted form is "meant".
7She ............... against the wall.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "leaned" and "leant" are correct past forms of "lean".
8It is a well-............... story.
Wrong!
The compound adjective "well-written" needs the past participle "written" after "well".
9You didn’t speak to James, ...............?
Wrong!
A negative main clause takes the positive question tag "did you".
10He was respected by the people with ............... he worked.
Wrong!
After the preposition "with", the formal relative pronoun is "whom".
11She looks older ............... she is.
Wrong!
Comparisons use "than", not "then".
12Do you know what ............... doing?
Wrong!
Indirect questions use statement word order, so "you are" is correct.

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  1. I am proud of having won / to have won the race.
  2. Our team has a decent chance of winning / to win the game.
  3. That movie doesn’t deserve watching.
  4. He hung up before I could say anything.
  5. He kept saying that they were just friends.
  6. He asked what I meant.
  7. She leaned / leant against the wall.
  8. It is a well-written story.
  9. You didn’t speak to James, did you?
  10. He was respected by the people with whom he worked.
  11. She looks older than she is.
  12. Do you know what you are doing?

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