Fill in the blanks.
1It is no good, ...............?
Wrong!
The negative expression "no good" takes the affirmative question tag "is it".
2Nothing can happen, ...............?
Wrong!
The negative subject "Nothing" takes the affirmative question tag "can it".
3Somebody called, ...............?
Wrong!
The affirmative past simple statement needs the negative question tag "didn't they".
4My sister is nearly the same height as ...............
Wrong!
After "as" in this everyday comparison, the object pronoun "me" is natural.
5Everybody except ............... can go.
Wrong!
After "except", the object pronoun "him" is correct.
6Nobody but ............... was there.
Wrong!
After "but" meaning "except", the object pronoun "her" is correct.
7He ............... his memory, so he cannot remember the accident.
Wrong!
The present perfect "has lost" shows a past event with a present result.
8I told him that I ............... to that place.
Wrong!
In reported speech, the present perfect is often backshifted to the past perfect "had not been".
9............... the movie already, I don't want to read the novel.
Wrong!
The perfect participle "Having seen" shows that seeing the movie happened before the present decision.
10He ............... to join the army last week.
Wrong!
The past time expression "last week" needs the simple past "applied".
11When I arrived at the party, she ............... home.
Wrong!
The past perfect "had already gone" shows that she left before I arrived.
12I ............... a lot of movies recently.
Wrong!
The present perfect continuous "have been watching" describes a recent activity continuing up to now.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- It is no good, is it?
- Nothing can happen, can it?
- Somebody called, didn’t they?
- My sister is nearly the same height as me.
- Everybody except him can go.
- Nobody but her was there.
- He has lost his memory, so he cannot remember the accident.
- I told him that I had not been to that place.
- Having seen the movie already, I don’t want to read the novel.
- He applied to join the army last week.
- When I arrived at the party, she had already gone home.
- I have been watching a lot of movies recently.