Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules and structures.
1The traveler asked the passerby, "Do you know the way to the nearest inn?" In reported speech: The traveler asked the passerby if he ............... the way to the nearest inn.
Wrong!
In reported speech after a past reporting verb, the present simple usually changes to the past simple, so the correct answer is "knew".
2The dentist suggested ............... my toothpaste.
Wrong!
After "suggested," a that-clause is a natural pattern, so the correct answer is "that I should change".
3He was cured ............... his rheumatism by a specialist.
Wrong!
The correct preposition after "cured" in this meaning is "of".
4The robber threatened to shoot me ............... I didn’t give him the money.
Wrong!
The condition for the threat is introduced with "if".
5There is ............... that she broke it.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "no denying the fact".
6Positive hydrogen atoms ............... to negative oxygen atoms.
Wrong!
The sentence needs the present simple passive form "are attracted".
Answers
- The traveler asked the passerby, “Do you know the way to the nearest inn?” In reported speech: The traveler asked the passerby if he knew the way to the nearest inn.
- The dentist suggested that I should change my toothpaste.
- He was cured of his rheumatism by a specialist.
- The robber threatened to shoot me if I didn’t give him the money.
- There is no denying the fact that she broke it.
- Positive hydrogen atoms are attracted to negative oxygen atoms.