1Every nation has ............... traditions.
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Use "its" as the possessive form before the noun "traditions".
2It is time you ............... those carpets.
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After "It is time," use the past form "washed" to talk about what should happen now.
3I ............... the bag on the table yesterday.
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Use "laid" as the past tense of "lay", meaning put something down. "Lay" is the past tense of intransitive "lie", which cannot take an object such as "the bag".
4She earns ............... money than I do.
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Use "less" with the uncountable noun "money".
5His essay was chosen because it had the ............... mistakes.
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Use "fewest" with the plural countable noun "mistakes".
6You look ................ What happened?
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Use the adjective "sad" after the linking verb "look".
7I can’t make him ............... to me.
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After "make" plus an object, use the bare infinitive "listen".
8I had to shout to make ............... heard.
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Use "myself" because the speaker is the person who needed to be heard.
9She might not ............... to come with us.
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After the modal verb "might," use the bare infinitive "want".
10She got married ............... her college sweetheart.
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The correct preposition in this expression is "to".
11............... our party will win the election.
Select 2 answers.
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"Maybe" and "Perhaps" are sentence adverbs meaning that something is possible.
12Do you mind people ............... you what to do?
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After "Do you mind," use the gerund "telling".
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- Every nation has its traditions.
- It is time you washed those carpets.
- I laid the bag on the table yesterday.
- She earns less money than I do.
- His essay was chosen because it had the fewest mistakes.
- You look sad. What happened?
- I can’t make him listen to me.
- I had to shout to make myself heard.
- She might not want to come with us.
- She got married to her college sweetheart.
- Maybe / Perhaps our party will win the election.
- Do you mind people telling you what to do?