Fill in the blanks.
1. She was angry …………………… him for stealing her ideas.
Angry with/at a person for doing something.
2. She was angry …………………….. everyone.
3. That voice is familiar ………………………… me.
4. A cock and bull story is ……………………………
5. To move heaven and earth is to ………………………
6. To lead up the garden path is to ………………………
7. The juice in the cans …………………………. very delicious.
Here the subject is the singular noun juice.
8. I wish I ……………………… a bird.
Were is common after I wish to talk about unrealistic situations.
9. The accused behaved as if he ………………………….. mad.
Was is also possible here; however, were is more common than was in an unreal comparison.
10. If I were you, I ………………………. to that proposal.
In the second conditional, use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
11. His mentor and benefactor …………………….. his professor.
12. An assembly of churchgoers is a ……………………………
Answers
1. She was angry with/at him for stealing her ideas.
2. She was angry with/at everyone.
3. That voice is familiar to me.
4. A cock and bull story is an unbelievable story.
5. To move heaven and earth is to work hard.
6. To lead up the garden path is to cheat.
7. The juice in the cans is very delicious.
8. I wish I were a bird.
9. The accused behaved as if he were mad.
10. If I were you, I would not agree to that proposal.
11. His mentor and benefactor is his professor.
12. An assembly of churchgoers is a convocation.
