Fill in the blanks.
1You will not get the book ............... you make the payment in advance.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if you do not" in this condition.
2We have lived in this town ............... twenty-five years.
Wrong!
Use "for" with a period of time such as twenty-five years.
3He was accused ............... stealing.
Wrong!
The correct preposition after "accused" is "of" before the action.
4My grandmother died ten years ...............
Wrong!
Use "ago" after a time expression counted back from now.
5You won’t get well ............... you take the medicine.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if you do not" in this condition.
6Susie, along with her children, ............... come.
Wrong!
Use "has" because the subject is the singular noun Susie.
7When did you ............... work yesterday?
Wrong!
Use the base form "leave" after the auxiliary did.
8He ............... ill for more than a month.
Wrong!
Use "has been" for a state that began in the past and continues now.
9Yesterday ............... a holiday, I went to watch a movie.
Wrong!
Use "being" to form the absolute phrase in this sentence.
10One of the boys ............... not submitted his work.
Wrong!
Use "has" because the head of the subject is the singular word one.
11Neither James nor Sam ............... at the wedding.
Wrong!
Use "was" because the nearer subject Sam is singular.
12He provided ............... with food.
Wrong!
Use "the poor" to mean poor people as a group.
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- You will not get the book unless you make the payment in advance.
- We have lived in this town for twenty-five years.
- He was accused of stealing.
- My grandmother died ten years ago.
- You won’t get well unless you take the medicine.
- Susie, along with her children, has come.
- When did you leave work yesterday?
- He has been ill for more than a month.
- Yesterday being a holiday, I went to watch a movie.
- One of the boys has not submitted his work.
- Neither James nor Sam was at the wedding.
- He provided the poor with food.