Fill in the blanks.
1. One day people .............................. live on Mars.
We use will be able to to talk about future ability.
2. I am interested in ............................ to swim.
We use a noun or an ing form after a preposition.
3. You don't look happy ............................. me.
The adjective happy is followed by a to-infinitive.
4. That skirt is too short, ............................?
We use a negative tag after an affirmative sentence.
5. He was .............................. injured in the accident.
Deadly is an adjective. It is used before a noun; fatally is the adverb for this meaning.
6. I very much enjoy .............................
We use an ing form after enjoy.
7. She wouldn't have survived, if they ................................... her to hospital.
In the third conditional we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
8. Alice didn't pass the test. Mary didn't .............................
We can use 'not either' to add a negative idea to another negative idea.
9. She often comes and ............................... the afternoon with us.
Here the singular pronoun she is the subject of both clauses.
10. Get that cat .............................. the piano.
11. We need as ................................ volunteers as possible.
Before a plural noun we use many.
12. Do you know the reason ................................ her unhappiness?
Reason is followed by the preposition for.
Answers
1. One day people will be able to live on Mars.
2. I am interested in learning to swim.
3. You don’t look happy to see me.
4. That skirt is too short, isn’t it?
5. He was fatally injured in the accident.
6. I very much enjoy singing.
7. She wouldn’t have survived, if they hadn’t taken her to hospital.
8. Alice didn’t pass the test. Mary didn’t either.
9. She often comes and spends the afternoon with us.
10. Get that cat off the piano.
11. We need as many volunteers as possible.
12. Do you know the reason for her unhappiness?
