Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1Please describe your new job ...............
Wrong!
After "describe", use "to us" for the people who receive the description.
2I would like you to explain your decision ...............
Wrong!
After "explain", use "to us" for the people who receive the explanation.
3Can you suggest a nice restaurant ...............?
Wrong!
After "suggest", use "to me" for the person who receives the suggestion.
4I want you ............... my mentor.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "to be" and "as" can complete this sentence naturally after "want you".
5We will have to wait ...............
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After "wait", use "for them to arrive" to say what we are waiting for.
6You can't make a ............... pass in rugby.
Wrong!
Use the adjective "forward" before the noun "pass".
7I look ............... to hearing from you.
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The fixed expression is "forward" in "look forward to".
8Do you want ............... get you something to drink?
Wrong!
Use "me to" in the pattern "want someone to do something".
9We drove ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "homeward" and "homewards" are adverbs meaning toward home.
10There is no way ............... that he was lying.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "to prove" and "of proving" are natural after "way" in this sentence.
11Summer is ...............
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Use "on the way" to mean that summer is coming.
12We haven't decided ............... to go by bus or train.
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Use "whether" before an infinitive choice with "or".
Answers
- Please describe your new job to us
- I would like you to explain your decision to us
- Can you suggest a nice restaurant to me?
- I want you to be / as my mentor.
- We will have to wait for them to arrive
- You can’t make a forward pass in rugby.
- I look forward to hearing from you.
- Do you want me to get you something to drink?
- We drove homeward / homewards
- There is no way to prove / of proving that he was lying.
- Summer is on the way
- We haven’t decided whether to go by bus or train.
