Fill in the blanks.
1. Dad was angry …………………….. me for failing the test.
Please select 2 correct answers
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Wrong!
Angry with/at a person for doing something.
2. Why are you angry ………………………… everyone?
Please select 2 correct answers
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Wrong!
Angry with/at a person for doing something.
3. This face is familiar ………………………… me.
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Wrong!
4. To get a taste of your own medicine is to ……………………………
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Wrong!
5. To go on a wild goose chase is to ………………………
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Wrong!
6. To give someone the cold shoulder is to ………………………
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Wrong!
7. The mangoes on that tree ……………………….. very sour.
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Wrong!
Here the subject is the plural noun mangoes
8. I wish I ……………………… sing.
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Wrong!
Past tenses are common after I wish to talk about unrealistic situations.
9. She behaved as if she …………………………. mad.
Please select 2 correct answers
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Wrong!
Either could be used here; however, were is more common.
10. If I were you, I ………………………. allow her to go.
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Wrong!
In the second conditional, use a simple past in the if-clause and would + infinitive in the main clause.
11. His mentor and guardian …………………….. his uncle.
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Wrong!
We use a singular verb here because both nouns refer to the same person.
12. She sounded ……………………………
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Wrong!
Sound is a copular verb; we use adjectives to modify copular verbs.
Answers
- Dad was angry with / at me for failing the test.
- Why are you angry with/at everyone?
- This face is familiar to me.
- To get a taste of your own medicine is to get treated in the same way you have been treating others.
- To go on a wild goose chase is to do something pointless.
- To give someone the cold shoulder is to ignore them.
- The mangoes on that tree are very sour.
- I wish I could sing.
- She behaved as if she were / was mad.
- If I were you, I would not allow her to go.
- His mentor and guardian was his uncle.
- She sounded confident.
