Fill in the blanks.
1. What you did …………………. wrong.
Here the subject is the noun clause 'what you did'. When the subject is a clause, the verb is singular.
2. Walk carefully lest you ………………….. slip.
Should is the only auxiliary that can be used after lest.
3. I was not invited …………………….. her birthday party.
4. If he had received medical attention in time, he ………………………
In the third conditional we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
5. Which of the following words does not have a plural form?
6. Trespassing is prohibited. Here trespassing is a ………………….
When an -ing form is used as a subject, it is a gerund.
7. He stood …………………… the gate.
8. Nobody came, ……………………?
Use an affirmative tag after negative expressions like nobody and hardly.
9. Neither the manager nor his secretary ……………………. present.
10. To smell a rat is to ………………….
11. Send this letter by registered post. Change into passive
12. My father ………………… at 5.30 every day.
Answers
1. What you did is wrong.
2. Walk carefully lest you should slip.
3. I was not invited to her birthday party.
4. If he had received medical attention in time, he would have survived.
5. Which of the following words does not have a plural form? Equipment
6. Trespassing is prohibited. Here trespassing is a gerund.
7. He stood in front of the gate.
8. Nobody came, did they?
9. Neither the manager nor his secretary was present.
10. To smell a rat is to suspect deception.
11. Let this letter be sent by registered post
12. My father wakes up at 5.30 every day.
