Fill in the blanks.
1. ........................ you try, you will not succeed.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. The company ........................... CEO has been arrested for fraud has filed for bankruptcy.
Correct!
Wrong!
The relative pronoun whose replaces possessive nouns or pronouns. The company's CEO has been arrested. The company has filed for bankruptcy. When we connect we get The company whose CEO has been arrested for fraud has filed for bankruptcy.
3. I visited granny ......................... day.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. It was just ............................ day in his life.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. This is the club ........................... we used to meet.
Correct!
Wrong!
The relative pronoun where replaces words like there or here. This is the club. We used to meet here. This is the club where we used to meet.
6. This is the village ........................... I was born in.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. I am not used to ............................... in night shifts.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use an ing form after be used to.
8. ......................... your help, I would have been in real trouble.
Correct!
Wrong!
But for your help means If I had not received your help.
9. He has two daughters who look .................................
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Wrong!
10. No sooner ........................... arrived than trouble started brewing.
Correct!
Wrong!
When no sooner comes at the beginning, we use an inverted word order. That means the auxiliary goes before the verb.
11. I would rather ........................... overnight if you don't mind.
Correct!
Wrong!
After would rather, we use the infinitive without to.
12. It is high time you ............................ smoking.
Correct!
Wrong!
After it is time, a past tense is used with present or future meaning.
Answers
- Unless you try, you will not succeed.
- The company whose CEO has been arrested for fraud has filed for bankruptcy.
- I visited granny the other day.
- It was just another day in his life.
- This is the club where we used to meet.
- This is the village which I was born in.
- I am not used to working in night shifts.
- But for your help, I would have been in real trouble.
- He has two daughters who look alike.
- No sooner had he arrived than trouble started brewing.
- I would rather stay overnight if you don’t mind.
- It is high time you stopped smoking.
