1She is interested ............... to cook.
Wrong!
After "interested", use "in learning" before a skill or activity.
2She didn’t look happy ............... me.
Wrong!
After "happy", use the infinitive "to see" to explain the reason for the feeling.
3That car is new, ...............?
Wrong!
An affirmative sentence with "is" takes the negative tag "isn't it".
4It was ............... that I could hardly work.
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The correct pattern is "so warm a day" before a result clause with "that".
5They were ............... injured in the accident.
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The adverb "fatally" means that the injuries caused death.
6I very much enjoy ...............
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The verb "enjoy" is followed by a gerund, so "swimming" is correct.
7He would never ............... if he hadn’t changed jobs.
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In this third conditional passive result clause, use "have been promoted" after "would never".
8I don’t trust dishonest people. I never have, and I ...............
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The parallel negative response is "never will" after "I never have".
9When I was ..............., I was working.
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Use "your age" without a preposition after "was" in this structure.
10Alice isn’t here today. Mary isn’t here ...............
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After a negative verb, use "either" to add another negative fact.
11He often comes and ............... the evening with us.
Wrong!
With the singular subject "He", the coordinated verb is "spends".
12We didn’t have ............... trouble going through customs.
Wrong!
In this negative sentence, "any" is the natural determiner before "trouble".
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- She is interested in learning to cook.
- She didn’t look happy to see me.
- That car is new, isn’t it?
- It was so warm a day that I could hardly work.
- They were fatally injured in the accident.
- I very much enjoy swimming.
- He would never have been promoted if he hadn’t changed jobs.
- I don’t trust dishonest people. I never have, and I never will.
- When I was your age, I was working.
- Alice isn’t here today. Mary isn’t here either.
- He often comes and spends the evening with us.
- We didn’t have any trouble going through customs.