Fill in the blanks.
1. Do you mind if I .................................. my friend?
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the first form of the verb after do you mind.
2. Would you mind if I ................................ the weekend with my friends?
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Wrong!
Use the second form of the verb after would you mind.
3. I .................................. do it if I were you.
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Wrong!
In the second conditional, use a simple past tense in the if clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
4. You can take ................................ bus to the station.
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Wrong!
Any means it doesn't matter which.
5. I felt marvelous after ................................ for 12 hours.
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Wrong!
Use an ing form after a preposition.
6. Don't eat the ................................. loaf.
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Wrong!
Use whole after the. Use all before the.
7. There was hardly ................................... in the library.
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Wrong!
Hardly anyone is similar to no one.
8. We hardly .................................... throw a party.
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Wrong!
9. The man ............................... wallet was stolen filed a complaint.
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Wrong!
10. He ................................. ever visits his native place.
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Wrong!
Hardly ever means the same as almost never.
11. He has never offered me .................................. help.
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Wrong!
12. Nothing happened, ..................................?
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Wrong!
Answers
- Do you mind if I invite my friend?
- Would you mind if I spent the weekend with my friends?
- I wouldn’t do it if I were you.
- You can take any. bus to the station.
- I felt marvelous after sleeping for hours.
- Don’t eat the whole loaf.
- There was hardly anyone in the library.
- We hardly ever throw a party.
- The man whose wallet was stolen filed a complaint.
- He hardly ever visits his native place.
- He has never offered me any help.
- Nothing happened, did it?
