Fill in the blanks.
1. He is ................. lazy to do anything.
Correct!
Wrong!
Note the pattern too...to...
2. Would you mind ....................... for a minute?
Correct!
Wrong!
Use an ing form after would you mind.
3. .................. the price may be I am going to buy it.
Correct!
Wrong!
Whatever means it doesn't matter what.
4. Hardly had she finished one project ..................... she started working on the next.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either when or before can be used here.
5. If I were a bird, I .................... around the world.
Correct!
Wrong!
In type 2 conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
6. The more you praise him, .....................
Correct!
Wrong!
7. The sooner you start, ....................
Correct!
Wrong!
8. If you had come here yesterday, you ................... him.
Correct!
Wrong!
In type 3 conditional, we use a past perfect in the if-clause and would/could/would + have + met in the main clause.
9. .................... you work hard, you will fail.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless means if not. We can also write: If you do not work hard, you will fail.
10. What would you do if you ................... your job?
Correct!
Wrong!
11. If I were rich, I ..................... poverty from the world.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. Whenever he sees a dog, he ....................... stones at it.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- He is too lazy to do anything.
- Would you mind waiting for a minute?
- Whatever the price may be I am going to buy it.
- Hardly had she finished one project when she started working on the next.
- If I were a bird, I would fly around the world.
- The more you praise him, the more arrogant he becomes.
- The sooner you start, the faster you finish.
- If you had come here yesterday, you could have met him.
- Unless you work hard, you will fail.
- What would you do if you lost your job?
- If I were rich, I would eradicate poverty from the world.
- Whenever he sees a dog, he throws stones at it.
