Fill in the blanks.
1. Don't go deep into water ..................... you can swim.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless means if not. We can also write: Don't go deep into water if you cannot swim.
2. Rip Van Winkle was in a deep sleep ........................ many years.
Correct!
Wrong!
For shows duration.
3. Politicians ......................... each other in an election year.
Correct!
Wrong!
We use the simple present to talk about facts.
4. The television …………………… returned because it was defective.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. The company ……………………. expect employees to work hard for no money.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. The storm blew our roof ……………………
Correct!
Wrong!
7. I told her that I ……………………… to leave.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. She said that she ……………………. not coming.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. He is very late. He ………………………. have missed the train.
Correct!
Wrong!
All of these words can be used to talk about logical possibility.
10. It is getting dark. We ………………….. go home now.
Correct!
Wrong!
Must shows necessity.
11. We went skiing last week. That …………………….. have been great fun.
Correct!
Wrong!
Must shows inference.
12. They would have rusticated me if I …………………………
Correct!
Wrong!
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
Answers
- Don’t go deep into water unless you can swim.
- Rip Van Winkle was in a deep sleep for many years.
- Politicians defame each other in an election year.
- The television was returned because it was defective.
- The company can’t expect employees to work hard for no money.
- The storm blew our roof off.
- I told her that I had decided to leave.
- She said that she was not coming.
- He is very late. He may / might / could have missed the train.
- It is getting dark. We must go home now.
- We went skiing last week. That must have been great fun.
- They would have rusticated me if I hadn’t apologized.
