Fill in the blanks.
1If you had practiced every day, you ............... the race.
Wrong!
In a third conditional sentence, the main clause uses "would have won".
2If I had ..............., I could buy a car.
Wrong!
Before a noun, the correct order is "enough money".
3He was ............... to lend me 100 dollars.
Wrong!
After an adjective, use "generous enough" before an infinitive.
4Don’t come tomorrow. I would rather you ............... on Sunday.
Wrong!
After "would rather" for a present or future preference about another person, use "came".
5Nothing happened, ...............?
Wrong!
With "nothing" as the subject, the question tag is "did it".
6............... the film, I don’t want to read the book.
Wrong!
To show that seeing the film happened first, use "Having seen".
7Everything is all right, ...............?
Wrong!
With "everything" as the subject, the question tag is "isn't it".
8You had better ............... saying thank-you for things.
Wrong!
After "had better", use the base verb "start".
9When we were kids, my uncle ............... us out on his bike all round the countryside.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
For a repeated past action, "would take" and "used to take" are both correct.
10You were foolish to try climbing up there. You ............... yourself.
Wrong!
For a past possibility that did not happen, use "could have killed".
11I am not accustomed to ............... personal information to strangers.
Wrong!
After "accustomed to", use the gerund "giving".
12I slowly began ............... what she was going through.
Wrong!
After "began", the infinitive "to understand" is natural here.
Answers
- If you had practiced every day, you would have won the race.
- If I had enough money, I could buy a car.
- He was generous enough to lend me 100 dollars.
- Don’t come tomorrow. I would rather you came on Sunday.
- Nothing happened, did it?
- Having seen the film, I don’t want to read the book.
- Everything is all right, isn’t it?
- You had better start saying thank-you for things.
- When we were kids, my uncle would take / used to take us out on his bike all round the countryside.
- You were foolish to try climbing up there. You could have killed yourself.
- I am not accustomed to giving personal information to strangers.
- I slowly began to understand what she was going through.