Fill in the blanks.
1. I don’t like meat but my wife ………………..
We use the auxiliary in structures like these.
2. If you studied hard, you ………………………… an A grade.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + infinitive in the main clause.
3. What a charming girl …………………………!
In exclamations, the auxiliary goes after the subject.
4. It is ……………………. dark that I cannot see anything.
Too and very cannot be followed by a that-clause.
5. The baby is ……………………… young to walk.
Note the pattern too…to.
6. You are ………………………. to know better.
When enough modifies an adjective, it goes after that adjective.
7. ………………………. brilliant idea!
We use what a before a singular countable noun.
8. …………………………. clever you are!
In exclamations we use how before an adjective without a noun.
9. If you ……………………….. the dog, it may bite you.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will/can/may + infinitive in the main clause.
10. If you had gone to university, you ………………………….. a better job more easily.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would / could + have + past participle in the main clause.
11. If we …………………………. now, we could be there in time.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + infinitive in the main clause.
12. My brother does not like sweets. ……………………. do I.
Negative additions to negative remarks are made with nor/neither + auxiliary + subject
Answers
1. I don’t like meat but my wife does.
2. If you studied hard, you would get an A grade.
3. What a charming girl she is!
4. It is so dark that I cannot see anything.
5. The baby is too young to walk.
6. You are old enough to know better.
7. What a brilliant idea!
8. How clever you are!
9. If you tease the dog, it may bite you.
10. If you had gone to university, you could have got a better job more easily.
11. If we started now, we could be there in time.
12. My brother does not like sweets. Nor / neither do I.
