Fill in the blanks.
1............... I saw him yesterday, he told me about his decision to go abroad.
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Use "When" to introduce the time at which a completed action happened.
2Can you drop the kids ............... at school on your way to work?
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The phrasal verb "drop someone off" means take someone to a place and leave them there.
3It ............... a lot of time and effort to learn a language.
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Use "takes" to say how much time or effort is needed for an activity.
4If you don't know the meaning of that word, look it ............... in the dictionary.
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The phrasal verb "look something up" means find information in a reference source such as a dictionary.
5I have ............... finished.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "almost" and "nearly" mean that something is close to being complete.
6It is ............... trouble.
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Use "too much" with the uncountable noun "trouble".
7She does ............... anything.
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Use "hardly" to mean almost not at all.
8Have you ............... to him yet?
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Use the past participle "spoken" after the auxiliary verb "have".
9Have the students handed ............... their work?
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The phrasal verb "hand in" means give your work to a teacher, i.e. submit it.
10I would be grateful if you ............... lend me a hundred dollars.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "could" and "would" are polite modal verbs in this request.
11What would you do if you ............... your job?
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Use "lost" in the if-clause of a second conditional sentence.
12It is time you ............... on a diet.
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Use "went" after "It is time" to suggest that something should happen now.
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- When I saw him yesterday, he told me about his decision to go abroad.
- Can you drop the kids off at school on your way to work?
- It takes a lot of time and effort to learn a language.
- If you don’t know the meaning of that word, look it up in the dictionary.
- I have almost / nearly finished.
- It is too much trouble.
- She does hardly anything.
- Have you spoken to him yet?
- Have the students handed in their work?
- I would be grateful if you could / would lend me a hundred dollars.
- What would you do if you lost your job?
- It is time you went on a diet.