1The tree has never ............... fruit before.
Wrong!
After "has never", use the past participle "borne".
2The tree ............... plenty of fruit last year.
Wrong!
With the finished past time "last year", use the simple past form "bore".
3Alexander the Great ............... every opponent between Greece and India.
Wrong!
The simple past form of "beat" is "beat".
4A pound of sugar is ............... enough for one week.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "barely" and "hardly" mean almost not enough here.
5I ............... barely see him.
Wrong!
Use "can" because "barely" already makes the meaning almost negative.
6Everyone should be aware ............... the dangers of smoking.
Wrong!
The correct collocation is "aware of".
7The audience eagerly ............... the speaker's arrival.
Wrong!
"Awaited" means waited for, so it is not followed by "for".
8The settlers ............... the burning of the fort by destroying a native village.
Wrong!
Use "avenged" to mean punished a wrong or injury.
9Avail ............... every opportunity to get a good education.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "avail yourself of".
10The audience ............... much larger than usual tonight.
Wrong!
When we talk about the audience as a single unit (here, its size), we use a singular verb: "is".
11The accident ............... her of her husband.
Wrong!
Use the past tense "bereaved": to bereave someone of a relative means to take that person from them, usually by death. "Bereft" is mainly used as an adjective meaning lacking something, and "bereave" is the wrong tense.
12The refugees arrived ............... of their possessions.
Wrong!
"Bereft" means deprived of something or lacking it.
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- The tree has never borne fruit before.
- The tree bore plenty of fruit last year.
- Alexander the Great beat every opponent between Greece and India.
- A pound of sugar is barely / hardly enough for one week.
- I can barely see him.
- Everyone should be aware of the dangers of smoking.
- The audience eagerly awaited the speaker’s arrival.
- The settlers avenged the burning of the fort by destroying a native village.
- Avail yourself of every opportunity to get a good education.
- The audience is much larger than usual tonight.
- The accident bereaved her of her husband.
- The refugees arrived bereft of their possessions.