1Are you not ashamed ...............?
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We use "of yourself" after "ashamed" when speaking directly to someone about their own behavior.
2When we lived in Bangalore, we ............... go out every evening.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "used to" and "would" can describe repeated past habits.
3The room was ............... dark that I couldn’t see anything.
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The result pattern before a that-clause is "so".
4............... had I finished reading one book when I started another.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "Hardly" and "Scarcely" can introduce an inverted clause followed by "when".
5............... he was suffering from a fever, he didn’t go out.
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The conjunction "As" gives the reason why he did not go out.
6This is the house ............... he lives.
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The relative adverb "where" means "in which" when referring to a place.
7He asked me ............... I had finished.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "if" and "whether" can introduce an indirect yes/no question.
8Iron as well as coal ............... found in India.
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The verb agrees with the singular subject "Iron", so the correct answer is "is".
9He has been learning English ............... five years.
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Use "for" with a period of time such as five years.
10Even if you invited him, he ............... come.
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In this second conditional sentence, the correct modal phrase is "would not".
11............... the police, the thieves ran away.
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The participle "Seeing" shows that the thieves saw the police and then ran away.
12If I were the Prime Minister, I ............... capital punishment.
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In this second conditional sentence, the correct verb phrase is "would abolish".
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- Are you not ashamed of yourself?
- When we lived in Bangalore, we used to / would go out every evening.
- The room was so dark that I couldn’t see anything.
- Hardly / Scarcely had I finished reading one book when I started another.
- As he was suffering from a fever, he didn’t go out.
- This is the house where he lives.
- He asked me if / whether I had finished.
- Iron as well as coal is found in India.
- He has been learning English for five years.
- Even if you invited him, he would not come.
- Seeing the police, the thieves ran away.
- If I were the Prime Minister, I would abolish capital punishment.