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General grammar exercise

January 7, 2017 - pdf

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

1. I would rather you ………………. home now.

Correct! Wrong!

After would rather, we use a past tense to refer to the present.

2. I am going to tell her a few facts about ………………..

Correct! Wrong!

3. Have you ever met the people ………………. live next door?

Correct! Wrong!

4. He got married again a year later, ………………….. surprised everybody.

Correct! Wrong!

5. I saw a girl …………………. beauty took my breath away.

Correct! Wrong!

Who's means who is or who has. Whose is the possessive word.

6. He is married to a singer ...................... you may have heard.

Correct! Wrong!

7. I will give you ………………….. help I can.

Correct! Wrong!

8. ………………….. she said made me angry.

Correct! Wrong!

9. Please remind me .....................… to the post office.

Correct! Wrong!

10. She said that she ………………. enough.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. I would rather you went home now.

2. I am going to tell her a few facts about herself.

3. Have you ever met the people who / that live next door?

4. He got married again a year later, which surprised everybody.

5. I saw a girl whose beauty took my breath away.

6. He is married to a singer of whom you may have heard.

7. I will give you what help I can.

8. What she said made me angry.

9. Please remind me to go to the post office.

10. She said that she had had enough.

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