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Here the subject is the noun clause 'what you said'. When the subject is a clause, the verb is usually singular. Should is the only auxiliary that can be used after lest. In the third conditional, use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause. Ing forms used as the subject of a clause is a gerund. Above is preferred when one thing is not directly over another. Affirmative tags are used after negative expressions like nobody. In question tags, use they to refer to nobody, somebody, anybody. When you connect two singular subjects with neither/nor, the verb is singular. We use let to change imperatives into passive. The simple present is used to talk about permanent living arrangements. 1. What you said ……………………… unpardonable.
2. They spoke in a low voice lest they ………………………. wake up the baby.
3. I have invited them ……………………. dinner.
4. If you had called her, she ……………………… happy.
5. Which of the following words does not have a plural form?
6. Smoking is injurious to health. Here smoking is a ………………….
7. There is a cottage ……………………… the river.
8. Nobody came, ……………………?
9. Neither fish nor meat …………………….. with me.
10. To ruffle feathers is to ………………….
11. Call them at once. Change into passive.
12. My sister …………………….. abroad.
Answers
1. What you said is unpardonable.
2. They spoke in a low voice lest they should wake up the baby.
3. I have invited them to dinner.
4. If you had called her, she would have been happy.
5.Accommodation
6. Smoking is injurious to health. Here smoking is a gerund.
7. There is a cottage above the river.
8. Nobody came, did they?
9. Neither fish nor meat agrees with me.
10. To ruffle feathers is to upset people.
11. Let them be called at once.
12. My sister lives abroad.
