Complete the following sentences.
1Take the umbrella with you in case it ...............
Wrong!
In subordinate clauses we often use a present tense to refer to future.
2The first time I ............... there was last year.
Wrong!
We use the simple past to simply state when something happened.
3This is the village where I was ...............
Wrong!
Where means the same as in which.
4She ............... a couple of months ago.
Wrong!
We cannot use the present perfect tense with a past time expression.
5This is the man whom we met ...............
Wrong!
The relative pronoun serves as the subject or object of the relative clause. Hence we do not need another subject or object in the relative clause.
6I have warned you a ............... not to do it.
Wrong!
7I don't think ............... she is interested in coming.
Wrong!
That can introduce a noun clause. The conjunction so..that is mainly used to indicate the purpose.
8She has got ............... hair.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Hair is uncountable. It cannot be used with the article a.
9............... the cold she insisted on going out.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Despite or in spite of is possible here.
10............... she arrives, give her this message.
Wrong!
Before a clause we use in case.
11I haven't seen him since ...............
Wrong!
There is no preposition or article before expressions like last week.
12He ............... school at the age of twelve.
Wrong!
We cannot use the present perfect tense with time expressions referring to the past.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Take the umbrella with you in case it rains
- The first time I went there was last year.
- This is the village where I was born
- She got married a couple of months ago.
- This is the man whom we met there
- I have warned you a hundred times not to do it.
- I don’t think that she is interested in coming.
- She has got long/a long hair.
- Despite/In spite of the cold she insisted on going out.
- In case she arrives, give her this message.
- I haven’t seen him since last week
- He left school at the age of twelve.
