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General Grammar Exercise

January 9, 2019 - pdf

Complete the following sentences.

1. Would you mind …………………………. a bit?

Correct! Wrong!

We use ing forms or if-clauses after Would.

2. Do you mind ………………………………. late hours?

Correct! Wrong!

We use ing forms or if-clauses after Do you mind…..?

3. Would you mind ……………………………. I used your computer for a minute?

Correct! Wrong!

We use ing forms or if-clauses after Would you mind…..?

4. Do you allow people ……………………………… in your house?

Correct! Wrong!

We use an infinitive after allow + object.

5. Do you allow ………………………….. in the kitchen?

Correct! Wrong!

If there is no object, allow is followed by an ing form.

6. The railway was a new ………………………………… of communication developed in the 19th century.

Correct! Wrong!

Means can be singular or plural.

7. If you don’t hurry you will ……………………………… the train.

Correct! Wrong!

To express the idea of being late for something we use the word miss.

8. I heard him ……………………………. the door and go out.

Correct! Wrong!

The infinitive is used without to after hear.

9. I suggested ……………………………… she should gain weight.

Correct! Wrong!

10. They made her ………………………………… the whole story.

Correct! Wrong!

Make is followed by object + infinitive without to.

11. She was made ……………………………….. the whole story.

Correct! Wrong!

In passive structures make is followed by an infinitive with to.

12. I begged him …………………………….. the door.

Correct! Wrong!

Beg is followed by an infinitive with to.

Answers

  1. Would you mind moving a bit?
  2. Do you mind working late hours?
  3. Would you mind if I used your computer for a minute?
  4. Do you allow people to smoke in your house?
  5. Do you allow smoking in the kitchen?
  6. The railway was a new means of communication developed in the 19th century.
  7. If you don’t hurry you will miss the train.
  8. I heard him open the door and go out.
  9. I suggested that she should gain weight.
  10. They made her repeat the whole story.
  11. She was made to repeat the whole story.
  12. I begged him to open the door.
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