Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1Don't forget, ...............?
Wrong!
After the negative imperative "Don't forget", the usual question tag is "will you".
2They have got six children, ............... are studying music.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In this non-defining relative clause, "all of whom" and "of whom all" are both correct.
3I will never forget the day ............... we met.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "the day", "that" and "when" can both refer to the time of the action.
4The reason ............... I dislike you is that you are so bad-tempered.
Select 2 answers.
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After "the reason", "why" and "that" can both introduce the explanation clause.
5Please remind me ............... the oil.
Wrong!
Use "to check" after "remind me" when someone helps you remember to do something.
6She ............... me that we hadn't bought anything to eat.
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Use "reminded" when someone makes another person remember a fact.
7You remind me ............... I knew at school.
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The structure is "remind someone of someone", so "of a girl" is correct.
8He is a stern man who always ............... me of my headmaster.
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Use "reminds" in the structure "reminds me of someone".
9She is a kind woman who always makes me ............... my grandmother.
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After "makes me", use the base verb "remember".
10He suggested ............... the main car park.
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After "suggested", the that-clause "that I use" is correct here.
11He said ............... park there.
Wrong!
After "said", use a that-clause such as "that I must not".
12He told ...............
Select 2 answers.
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After "told", "me to wait" and "me that I should wait" are both correct.
Answers
- Don’t forget, will you?
- They have got six children, all of whom / of whom all are studying music.
- I will never forget the day that / when we met.
- The reason why / that I dislike you is that you are so bad-tempered.
- Please remind me to check the oil.
- She reminded me that we hadn’t bought anything to eat.
- You remind me of a girl I knew at school.
- He is a stern man who always reminds me of my headmaster.
- She is a kind woman who always makes me remember my grandmother.
- He suggested that I use the main car park.
- He said that I must not park there.
- He told me to wait / me that I should wait.