Fill in the blanks.
1. It is …………………………… dark that I cannot see anything.
We use so...that... to indicate cause and effect.
2. He is …………………………… to understand this.
Enough shows sufficiency. It goes after the adjective or adverb modified by it.
3. What a charming girl ………………………….!
In exclamations we do not use inversion. That means the subject goes before the verb.
4. She is ………………………… young to go to school.
Note the pattern too..to...
5. How ………………………….. the holiday has passed!
6. If you hurt the dog, it …………………………….. you.
In the first conditional, use a simple present tense in the if clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
7. If I had gone to university, I …………………………… a better job.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause.
8. If you were a billionaire, how ……………………………. you spend your time?
In the second conditional, we use a simple past in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
9. If you had left that wasp alone, it …………………………………… you.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause.
10. It is no good ……………………………… to her.
11. It was careless …………………………… her to make that mistake.
12. It is wicked ………………………….. him to say such things.
Answers
- It is so dark that I cannot see anything.
- He is clever enough to understand this.
- What a charming girl she is!
- She is too young to go to school.
- How quickly the holiday has passed!
- If you hurt the dog, it will bite you.
- If I had gone to university, I could have found a better job.
- If you were a billionaire, how would you spend your time?
- If you had left that wasp alone, it would not have stung you.
- It is no good talking to her.
- It was careless of her to make that mistake.
- It is wicked of him to say such things.
