1I would have been in serious trouble if she ............... me.
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The third conditional needs the past perfect negative "hadn't helped" in the if-clause.
2Would you mind getting ............... my foot?
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Use "off" to mean moving away from the surface of something.
3You can take anything you ...............
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After "anything" in this kind of future or open condition, use the present simple "find".
4I knew she ............... arrive before long.
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In a past reporting context, "would" is the backshifted form of "will".
5............... she drove, she could not catch them.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "Fast though" and "Fast as" can introduce this concessive structure.
6The picnic was ...............
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Use "fun" to mean enjoyable in "The picnic was fun".
7Only after her death ............... able to understand her.
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After the fronted limiting phrase, use inversion: "was I".
8Hardly ............... arrived when trouble started.
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After initial "Hardly", use inversion with the past perfect form "had I".
9"I don't like salmon." "............... do I."
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Use "Neither" to agree with a negative statement.
10As soon as they heard the gunshot, the birds ............... away.
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The simple past form of "fly" is "flew".
11Those who know the answer should ............... their hand.
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Use the transitive verb "raise" because it has the object "their hand".
12That is the last message he ............... from me.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "gets" and "will get" are correct after "That is the last message".
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- I would have been in serious trouble if she hadn’t helped me.
- Would you mind getting off my foot?
- You can take anything you find.
- I knew she would arrive before long.
- Fast though / Fast as she drove, she could not catch them.
- The picnic was fun.
- Only after her death was I able to understand her.
- Hardly had I arrived when trouble started.
- “I don’t like salmon.” “Neither do I.”
- As soon as they heard the gunshot, the birds flew away.
- Those who know the answer should raise their hand.
- That is the last message he gets / will get from me.