Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense / verb form.
1Why don't you let me ...............?
Wrong!
After "let", use the bare infinitive "explain".
2I prefer you ............... me by my first name.
Wrong!
After "prefer" with an object, use "to call" for the next verb.
3You must get that roof ...............
Wrong!
In the causative structure "get something done", use the past participle "repaired".
4Whenever he was around, he ............... us laughing all the time.
Wrong!
For a past situation, "had" means he caused us to laugh.
5I go to work by bus, and my husband ............... by train.
Wrong!
With the third-person singular subject "my husband", use "goes".
6I have made several mistakes, but I never ............... them.
Wrong!
For a completed past feeling, use the simple past "regretted".
7I will do what I ...............
Wrong!
After "will do what", use the present simple "like" to mean my general wish.
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- Why don’t you let me explain?
- I prefer you to call me by my first name.
- You must get that roof repaired.
- Whenever he was around, he had us laughing all the time.
- I go to work by bus, and my husband goes by train.
- I have made several mistakes, but I never regretted them.
- I will do what I like.