Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. Please describe ……………….
We do not normally use describe with the structure indirect object + direct object.
2. I would like you to explain …………………..
We do not normally use explain with the structure indirect object + direct object.
3. Can you suggest ………………..?
We do not normally use suggest with the structure indirect object + direct object.
4. I want you ……………….. my mentor.
Before a noun complement ‘to be’ or ‘as’ is used.
5. We will have to wait ………………..
That-clauses cannot be used after wait.
6. You can’t make a …………….. pass in rugby.
Forward is the adjective. Forwards is an adverb.
7. I look ………………. to hearing from you.
In figurative expressions, the form without –s is always used.
8. Do you want ………………. get you something to drink?
That-clauses are not normally used after want.
9. We drove …………………
Homeward and homewards can both be used as adverbs.
10. There is no way ……………….. that he was lying.
After way, we can use the infinitive or ing-form with little difference of meaning.
11. Summer is ……………….
On the way can mean coming.
12. …………… we go by bus or train, it will take at least 2 hours.
Answers
1. Please describe your new job to us.
2. I would like you to explain your decision to us.
3. Can you suggest a nice restaurant to me?
4. I want you to be / as my mentor.
5. We will have to wait for them to arrive.
6. You can’t make a forward pass in rugby.
7. I look forward to hearing from you.
8. Do you want me to get you something to drink?
9. We drove homeward / homewards.
10. There is no way to prove / of proving that he was lying.
11. Summer is on the way.
12. Whether we go by bus or train, it will take at least 2 hours.
