Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.
1I would rather you ............... home now.
Wrong!
After "would rather" about another person's present or future action, use the past form "went".
2I am going to tell her a few facts about ...............
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Use the reflexive pronoun "herself" because the object refers back to the same woman.
3Have you ever met the people ............... live next door?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
For people in a defining relative clause, "who" and "that" are both correct.
4He got married again a year later, ............... surprised everybody.
Wrong!
Use "which" to refer back to the whole previous clause.
5I saw a girl ............... beauty took my breath away.
Wrong!
Use the possessive relative word "whose" before the noun "beauty".
6He is married to a painter ............... you may have heard.
Wrong!
We say "hear of someone" (know that they exist), so after "have heard" the formal relative structure is "of whom".
7I will give you ............... help I can.
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In this expression, "what" means "whatever" before the noun "help".
8............... she said made me angry.
Wrong!
Use "What" to mean "the thing that" at the beginning of the sentence.
9Please remind me ............... to the post office.
Wrong!
The verb "remind" is followed by an object and the infinitive "to go" for a necessary action.
10She said, "I have had enough." She said that she ............... enough.
Wrong!
In reported speech, the present perfect "have had" usually changes to "had had".
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- I would rather you went home now.
- I am going to tell her a few facts about herself.
- Have you ever met the people who / that live next door?
- He got married again a year later, which surprised everybody.
- I saw a girl whose beauty took my breath away.
- He is married to a painter of whom you may have heard.
- I will give you what help I can.
- What she said made me angry.
- Please remind me to go to the post office.
- She said, “I have had enough.” She said that she had had enough.