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Gap Fills Exercise

August 6, 2019 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. Work on the new bridge will begin as soon as an official mandate ………………………….

Correct! Wrong!

When both clauses refer to the future, we use a future tense in the main clause and a present tense in the subordinate clause.

2. Attendance at Sunday chapel is ……………………… longer mandatory for students.

Correct! Wrong!

No longer means the same as not any longer.

3. The dog’s leg ………………………… in the accident.

Correct! Wrong!

We need a passive verb here because the subject is not the doer of the action.

4. The principal’s ………………………….. was manifest.

Correct! Wrong!

5. Is ………………………… in danger of extinction?

Correct! Wrong!

No article is used with it.

6. The ship’s ………………………….. being overhauled.

Correct! Wrong!

Machinery does not have a plural form.

7. The two sisters are mad ………………………… tennis.

Correct! Wrong!

When you are mad about something you are infatuated with it.

8. I am mad ………………………… him.

Correct! Wrong!

When mad means angry it is used with at.

9. Can you tell us how …………………………….?

Correct! Wrong!

Indirect questions have the normal word order. That means the subject goes before the auxiliary verb.

10. You can’t make me …………………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Make is followed by object + infinitive without to.

11. He worked ………………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Hastily is the adverb.

12. He has an annoying ………………………… of scratching his head while talking.

Correct! Wrong!

A mannerism is a peculiar action or habitual gesture.

Answers

1. Work on the new bridge will begin as soon as an official mandate is received.

2. Attendance at Sunday chapel is no longer mandatory for students.

3. The dog’s leg was mangled in the accident.

4. The principal’s displeasure was manifest.

5. Is mankind in danger of extinction?

6. The ship’s machinery is being overhauled.

7. The two sisters are mad about tennis.

8. I am mad at him.

9. Can you tell us how the chair was made?

10. You can’t make me go.

11. He worked hastily.

12. He has an annoying mannerism of scratching his head while talking.

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