1If I had completed my studies, I ............... a better job.
Wrong!
In the third conditional we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would/could/might have + past participle in the main clause.
2Get that cat ............... the piano.
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3You can eat as much as you ...............
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4She said that she ............... coming.
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When the main verb is in the past tense, the verb in the subordinate clause too will be in the past tense.
5............... she tried, she could not solve the problem.
Select 2 answers.
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Fronted adjectives/adverbs are possible in a structure with as or though.
6The show was ...............
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The present participle shows the action or people that cause the feeling.
7He asked me what ............... doing there.
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The subject goes before the verb in indirect questions.
8Hardly ............... sat down to rest, when someone knocked on the door.
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Inversion is used when a sentence starts with only or hardly or seldom.
9Seldom ............... seen such a mess.
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Inversion is used when a sentence starts with only or hardly or seldom.
10'I don't want to do.' '............... do I.'
Select 2 answers.
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After a negative statement we can add another negative statement with neither or nor.
11We cannot go out ............... it rains.
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12I would rather you ............... now.
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We use a past tense with a present meaning after would rather.
Done.
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Answers
- If I had completed my studies, I could have found a better job.
- Get that cat off the piano.
- You can eat as much as you want
- She said that she was coming.
- Hard as/Hard though she tried, she could not solve the problem.
- The show was interesting
- He asked me what I was doing there.
- Hardly Had I sat down to rest, when someone knocked on the door.
- Seldom have I seen such a mess.
- ‘I don’t want to do.’ ‘Neither/Nor do I.’
- We cannot go out as long as it rains.
- I would rather you left now.
