Fill in the blanks.
1. His grandfather is …………………………..
Dead is an adjective. Died is a verb. Adjectives can be used as subject complements.
2. His grandparents have ………………………………
3. He ………………………………. in 2010.
The present perfect is not used with past time expressions.
4. She ………………………………. me of her mother.
5. He …………………………… me a visit.
6. He objected …………………………… sitting there.
A pronoun used to modify a gerund is usually in its possessive form.
7. We are looking forward to …………………………….. you soon.
We use an ing form after look forward to.
8. How …………………………………. boy he is!
9. Tell me where ………………………………..
In indirect questions, the subject goes before the auxiliary verb.
10. You had better ………………………………… another application.
Had better is followed by an infinitive without to.
11. If you went there, you ………………………………… see him.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
12. If I ............................... this, I would be wrong.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
Answers
1. His grandfather is dead.
2. His grandparents have died.
3. He graduated in 2010.
4. She reminds me of her mother.
5. He paid me a visit.
6. He objected to my sitting there.
7. We are looking forward to meeting you soon.
8. How foolish a boy he is!
9. Tell me where you are going.
10. You had better send another application.
11. If you went there, you would see him.
12. If I did this, I would be wrong.
