Complete the following sentences.
1Take the umbrella with you in case it ...............
Wrong!
Use "rains" after "in case" to talk about a possible future event.
2The first time I ............... there was last year.
Wrong!
Use "went" for a completed action at the finished past time "last year."
3This is the village where I was ...............
Wrong!
Use "born" because "where" already gives the place.
4She ............... a couple of months ago.
Wrong!
Use "got married" with the finished past time "a couple of months ago."
5This is the man whom we met ...............
Wrong!
Use "there" because "whom" is already the object of "met."
6I have warned you a ............... not to do it.
Wrong!
Use the fixed expression "hundred times" after "a."
7I don't think ............... she is interested in coming.
Wrong!
Use "that" to introduce the clause after "I don't think."
8She has got ............... hair.
Wrong!
Use "long" to describe hair length naturally.
9............... the cold, she insisted on going out.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "Despite" or "In spite of" before the noun phrase "the cold."
10............... she arrives, give her this message.
Wrong!
Use "In case" before a clause with a subject and verb.
11I haven't seen him since ...............
Wrong!
Use "last week" without an article or preposition in this time expression.
12He ............... school at the age of twelve.
Wrong!
Use "left" with the finished past time "at the age of twelve."
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- 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 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.