Fill in the blanks.
1She is quite proud ............... her legacy.
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The adjective "proud" is followed by "of" before the thing someone values.
2He was accused of ............... on the exam.
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After "accused of", use the gerund "cheating".
3He accused me of ............... to him.
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After "accused me of", use the gerund "lying".
4The headmaster congratulated the boy ............... his success.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "on" and "for" can follow "congratulated the boy" in this sentence.
5Our team is very confident of ............... the match.
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After "confident of", use the gerund "winning".
6He was acquitted ............... the charges levelled against him.
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The verb phrase is "acquitted of" when someone is found not guilty "of" charges.
7I am ............... tired to walk.
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The structure "too" + adjective + to-infinitive means the degree is excessive.
8............... the bell rang, the students rushed out.
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"As soon as" means one action happened immediately after another.
9Unless he ............... smoking, his health will not improve.
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In a real future condition with "unless", use the simple present "quits" in the condition clause.
10If I were rich, I ............... to charities.
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In the second conditional, use "would donate" in the main clause.
11This news is too good ............... true.
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The fixed pattern is "too" + adjective + "to be" in this sentence.
12He is too clever ............... by anyone.
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The passive infinitive "to be cheated" means others cannot cheat him; "by anyone" shows that he receives the action.
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- She is quite proud of her legacy.
- He was accused of cheating on the exam.
- He accused me of lying to him.
- The headmaster congratulated the boy on / for his success.
- Our team is very confident of winning the match.
- He was acquitted of the charges levelled against him.
- I am too tired to walk.
- As soon as the bell rang, the students rushed out.
- Unless he quits smoking, his health will not improve.
- If I were rich, I would donate to charities.
- This news is too good to be true.
- He is too clever to be cheated by anyone.