1The dog wagged ............... tail.
Wrong!
It's means it is or it has.
2It is time you ............... your hair.
Wrong!
After it’s time, a past tense is used with a present meaning.
3The farmer has a hen that ............... golden eggs.
Wrong!
To lay is to put something down flat.
4She does ............... work than I do and yet she earns more.
Wrong!
Use less with uncountable nouns and fewer with plural nouns.
5His composition won the first prize because it had the ............... mistakes.
Wrong!
Use the superlative form after the. Fewest is used with plural nouns and least is used with uncountable nouns.
6You look ...............
Wrong!
Look is a copular verb. We use an adjective to modify copular verbs.
7I can’t make him ............... his mind.
Wrong!
Make is followed by object + infinitive without to.
8I don’t speak English very well but I can make myself ...............
Wrong!
9She will not ............... this.
Wrong!
The infinitive is used without to after modals.
10He ............... to her for twenty years.
Wrong!
The present perfect is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
11............... you are right.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Perhaps is similar to maybe.
12Would you mind ............... me with the homework?
Wrong!
We use ing forms or if-clauses after do you mind…? and would you mind….?
Done.
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Answers
- The dog wagged its tail.
- It is time you trimmed your hair.
- The farmer has a hen that lays golden eggs.
- She does less work than I do and yet she earns more.
- His composition won the first prize because it had the fewest mistakes.
- You look happy
- I can’t make him change his mind.
- I don’t speak English very well but I can make myself understood
- She will not permit this.
- He has been married to her for twenty years.
- Maybe/Perhaps you are right.
- Would you mind helping me with the homework?
