Fill in the blanks.
1. I ……………………… sure that she is lying.
When feel is used to talk about reactions and opinions, it is not normally used in the continuous form.
2. You are ………………………… a wonderful person!
In exclamations, we use such before an adjective + plural noun.
3. That was ……………………….. kind of you.
So is used before an adjective.
4. I ………………………. to get a raise this year.
Before an indirect object, wait and hope are followed by for.
5. You must not use someone ……………………….. ideas in your essay.
Else has a possessive form – else’s.
6. She was ………………………. tired to walk.
Too is not used with much before an adjective.
7. The students were completely …………………………… after the expedition.
8. I had no difficulty ………………………………. his house.
Difficulty is followed by in + ing form.
9. The whole village was ……………………….. water.
We use under when something is covered by what is over it.
10. The house requires a lot of repairs; ………………………., it is too small.
Besides means in addition to.
11. The car won’t ………………………….. again.
We make machines start.
12. If she had been here, she ………………………………… happy to hear this.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
Answers
1. I feel sure that she is lying.
2. You are such a wonderful person!
3. That was so kind of you.
4. I expect to get a raise this year.
5. You must not use someone else’s ideas in your essay.
6. She was too tired to walk.
7. The students were completely exhausted after the expedition.
8. I had no difficulty in finding his house.
9. The whole village was under water.
10. The house requires a lot or repairs; besides, it is too small.
11. The car won’t start again.
12. If she had been here, she would have been happy to hear this.
