1His grandfather is ...............
Wrong!
Use the adjective "dead" after "is" to describe his state.
2His grandparents have ...............
Wrong!
Use the past participle "died" after "have" in the present perfect.
3He ............... in 2010.
Wrong!
Use "graduated" with the finished past time expression "in 2010".
4She ............... me of her mother.
Wrong!
Use "reminds" in the pattern "remind someone of someone".
5He ............... me a visit.
Wrong!
The correct collocation is "paid" in "paid me a visit".
6He objected to ............... sitting there.
Wrong!
Use the possessive form "my" before the gerund "sitting".
7We are looking forward to ............... you soon.
Wrong!
Use the gerund "meeting" after "look forward to".
8How ............... boy he is!
Wrong!
Use "foolish a" after "How" before a singular countable noun.
9Tell me where ...............
Wrong!
Indirect questions use statement word order, so "you are going" is correct.
10You had better ............... another application.
Wrong!
Use the bare infinitive "send" after "had better".
11If you went there, you ............... see him.
Wrong!
In a second conditional sentence, use "would" in the main clause.
12If I ............... this, I would be wrong.
Wrong!
In a second conditional if-clause, use the past form "did".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- 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.
