1His grandfather is ...............
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Use the adjective "dead" after "is" to describe his state.
2His grandparents have ...............
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Use the past participle "died" after "have" in the present perfect.
3He ............... in 2010.
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Use "graduated" with the finished past time expression "in 2010".
4She ............... me of her mother.
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Use "reminds" in the pattern "remind someone of someone".
5He ............... me a visit.
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The correct collocation is "paid" in "paid me a visit".
6He objected to ............... sitting there.
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Use the possessive form "my" before the gerund "sitting".
7We are looking forward to ............... you soon.
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Use the gerund "meeting" after "look forward to".
8How ............... boy he is!
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Use "foolish a" after "How" before a singular countable noun.
9Tell me where ...............
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Indirect questions use statement word order, so "you are going" is correct.
10You had better ............... another application.
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Use the bare infinitive "send" after "had better".
11If you went there, you ............... see him.
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In a second conditional sentence, use "would" in the main clause.
12If I ............... this, I would be wrong.
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In a second conditional if-clause, use the past form "did".
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- His grandfather is dead.
- His grandparents have died.
- He graduated in 2010.
- She reminds me of her mother.
- He paid me a visit.
- He objected to my sitting there.
- We are looking forward to meeting you soon.
- How foolish a boy he is!
- Tell me where you are going.
- You had better send another application.
- If you went there, you would see him.
- If I did this, I would be wrong.