Fill in the blanks.
1You will not pass the test ............... you work hard.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if not" when stating the condition for not passing.
2We have been living here ............... six years.
Wrong!
Use "for" with a length of time such as six years.
3He was accused ............... stealing the money.
Wrong!
The correct pattern is "of" after accused before a gerund.
4They ............... yesterday morning.
Wrong!
Use "arrived" for a completed action at a finished past time.
5He ............... in 2006.
Wrong!
Use "graduated" with the finished past time in 2006.
6You will get well ............... you take your medicine.
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce the condition that will help you get well.
7The Prime Minister, as well as his cabinet ministers, ............... present at the meeting.
Wrong!
Use "was" because the main subject, The Prime Minister, is singular.
8I ............... for his call since morning.
Wrong!
Use "have been waiting" for an action that began in the past and continues now.
9By afternoon, the child ............... for several hours, but no one had realized it.
Wrong!
Use "had been missing" for an earlier past situation before another past realization.
10He ............... ill for six months before he died.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "was" and "had been" can describe his illness before the later past event.
11When ............... you finish the job yesterday?
Wrong!
Use "did" to form a simple past question with yesterday.
12Yesterday ............... a holiday, I slept late.
Wrong!
Use "being" to form an absolute phrase giving the reason for the main action.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- You will not pass the test unless you work hard.
- We have been living here for six years.
- He was accused of stealing the money.
- They arrived yesterday morning.
- He graduated in 2006.
- You will get well if you take your medicine.
- The Prime Minister, as well as his cabinet ministers, was present at the meeting.
- I have been waiting for his call since morning.
- By afternoon, the child had been missing for several hours, but no one had realized it.
- He was / had been ill for six months before he died.
- When did you finish the job yesterday?
- Yesterday being a holiday, I slept late.
