Fill in the blanks.
1Let’s watch a movie, ...............?
Wrong!
After "Let's", the correct question tag is "shall we".
2None of the students participated in the program, ...............?
Wrong!
With negative "None of the students", the affirmative question tag is "did they".
3I bought a laptop. Choose the correct passive form.
Wrong!
The simple past passive form of the sentence is "A laptop was bought by me."
4She was cooking dinner. Choose the correct passive form.
Wrong!
The past continuous passive form of the sentence is "Dinner was being cooked by her."
5She said to me, "I have lost faith in you." Choose the correct indirect speech form.
Wrong!
In reported speech, the present perfect backshifts to "She told me that she had lost faith in me."
6If I hadn’t overslept, I ............... the train.
Wrong!
In a third conditional sentence, the correct main-clause form is "wouldn't have missed".
7Haste ............... waste.
Wrong!
The standard proverb is "makes" in "Haste makes waste."
8The man, along with his children, ............... walking in the rain.
Wrong!
The subject is "The man", so the singular verb "was" is correct.
9A thousand dollars ............... not a small sum.
Wrong!
A money amount is treated as one sum, so "is" is correct.
10I ............... the office at 5:30 yesterday.
Wrong!
With the finished time expression "yesterday", the simple past form "left" is correct.
11What do we call a person who works for somebody in order to learn a skill?
Wrong!
A person learning a skill by working for someone is an "apprentice".
12He decided ............... the blue shirt.
Wrong!
When "decide" means choose, it is followed by "on".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Let’s watch a movie, shall we?
- None of the students participated in the program, did they?
- I bought a laptop. Choose the correct passive form. — A laptop was bought by me.
- She was cooking dinner. Choose the correct passive form. — Dinner was being cooked by her.
- She said to me, “I have lost faith in you.” Choose the correct indirect speech form. — She told me that she had lost faith in me.
- If I hadn’t overslept, I wouldn’t have missed the train.
- Haste makes waste.
- The man, along with his children, was walking in the rain.
- A thousand dollars is not a small sum.
- I left the office at 5:30 yesterday.
- What do we call a person who works for somebody in order to learn a skill? — apprentice
- He decided on the blue shirt.
