Complete the following sentences.
1We bought some mangoes ............... we extracted the juice.
Wrong!
Use "from which" because the juice was extracted from the mangoes.
2When the storm subsided, we ............... our journey.
Wrong!
Use "resumed" because it is followed directly by the object.
3If you can’t answer all the questions, you will need ............... the textbook.
Wrong!
Use "to refer to" after "will need" and before the source you consult.
4I managed to score well in the test despite not feeling ...............
Wrong!
Use "well" because it describes health after "feeling" in this sentence.
5Neither Peter nor ............... have been to the opera.
Wrong!
Use "I" because it is part of the subject of "have been".
6He thinks that ............... two can win the doubles match.
Wrong!
Use "we" because the phrase is the subject of "can win".
7Between you and ..............., I don’t trust him.
Wrong!
Use "me" because a pronoun after the preposition "between" takes the object form.
Answers
- We bought some mangoes from which we extracted the juice.
- When the storm subsided, we resumed our journey.
- If you can’t answer all the questions, you will need to refer to the textbook.
- I managed to score well in the test despite not feeling well.
- Neither Peter nor I have been to the opera.
- He thinks that we two can win the doubles match.
- Between you and me, I don’t trust him.