Fill in the blanks.
1She ............... to enjoy his company.
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Use "doesn't seem" for the negative form before a to-infinitive with the singular subject "she".
2She seems ............... angry.
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Use "to be" after seem before an adjective.
3She seems ............... the train.
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Use "to have missed" to show that the missing happened before the present impression.
4She seems ............... for somebody.
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Use "to be waiting" for an action that appears to be happening now.
5You seem ............... annoyed her.
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Use "to have" before a past participle to talk about an earlier action.
6I want ............... the whole truth by the doctors.
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Use the passive infinitive "to be told" because the subject receives the information; "by the doctors" names who tells it.
7She must ............... about the meeting.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "be told" and "have been told" are possible after must, with different meanings.
8She doesn't seem ............... happy.
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Use "to be" after doesn't seem before an adjective.
9There seems ............... a problem at the moment.
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Use "to be" after "there seems" to introduce a present problem, as "at the moment" shows.
10It seems ............... the right solution.
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Use "to be" after it seems before a noun phrase.
11You don't look happy ............... me.
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Use "to see" after an adjective to explain the reason for the feeling.
12She doesn't seem ............... in the subject.
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Use "to be interested" to describe how she feels.
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Answers
- She doesn’t seem to enjoy his company.
- She seems to be angry.
- She seems to have missed the train.
- She seems to be waiting for somebody.
- You seem to have annoyed her.
- I want to be told the whole truth by the doctors.
- She must be told / have been told about the meeting.
- She doesn’t seem to be happy.
- There seems to be a problem at the moment.
- It seems to be the right solution.
- You don’t look happy to see me.
- She doesn’t seem to be interested in the subject.