Fill in the blanks.
1Meera, as well as her sisters, ............... English well.
Wrong!
With "as well as", the verb agrees with the first subject, so "speaks" is correct.
2............... the cast and screenplay were good, the movie was not a success.
Wrong!
"Though" introduces a contrast between two ideas.
3When we were kids, we ............... much of our time playing.
Wrong!
"Would spend" describes a repeated habit in the past.
4Men, as well as women, ............... an important role in nation-building.
Wrong!
With "as well as", the verb agrees with "Men", so "play" is correct.
5She laughed ............... she had heard a joke.
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"As if" introduces an imaginary or possible situation after the main action.
6Everyone loved the girl ............... she had pleasant manners.
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"Because" gives the reason why everyone loved the girl.
7She is ............... to buy whatever she wants.
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"Rich enough" is correct because "enough" comes after the adjective it modifies.
8He was ............... distraught to speak.
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"Too" is used before an adjective with "to" to show that something is more than possible or suitable.
9It is time you ............... married.
Wrong!
After "It is time", we use a past-tense form such as "got" to talk about what should happen now.
10The day was so windy ............... we abandoned the picnic.
Wrong!
"That" completes the result structure "so... that".
11If you had been more careful, you ............... yourself.
Wrong!
In the third conditional, the main clause uses "would not have burned" with the past participle.
12As I was free in the afternoon, I decided to ............... a movie.
Wrong!
After "decided to", the base verb "watch" is needed.
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- Meera, as well as her sisters, speaks English well.
- Though the cast and screenplay were good, the movie was not a success.
- When we were kids, we would spend much of our time playing.
- Men, as well as women, play an important role in nation-building.
- She laughed as if she had heard a joke.
- Everyone loved the girl because she had pleasant manners.
- She is rich enough to buy whatever she wants.
- He was too distraught to speak.
- It is time you got married.
- The day was so windy that we abandoned the picnic.
- If you had been more careful, you would not have burned yourself.
- As I was free in the afternoon, I decided to watch a movie.