Fill in the blanks.
1Let’s watch a movie, ...............?
Wrong!
Shall we is used in question tags after let's.
2None of the students participated in the program, ...............?
Wrong!
Affirmative tags are used after negative expressions like none, hardly, seldom etc.
3I bought a laptop. Change voice.
Wrong!
In the simple past, the passive form is made with was/were + v3.
4She was cooking dinner. Change voice.
Wrong!
In the past continuous, the passive form is made with was/were + being + v3.
5She said to me, ‘I have lost faith in you.’ Change into indirect speech.
Wrong!
6If I hadn’t overslept, I ............... the train.
Wrong!
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if clause and would + have + past participle in the main clause.
7Haste ............... waste.
Wrong!
8The man along with his children ............... walking in the rain.
Wrong!
When we connect two subject with along with, the verb agrees with the first subject.
9Thousand dollars ............... not a small sum.
Wrong!
10I ............... the office at 5.30.
Wrong!
11A person who works for somebody in order to learn a skill
Wrong!
12He decided ............... the blue shirt.
Wrong!
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. Change voice. A laptop was bought by me.
- She was cooking dinner. Change voice. Dinner was being cooked by her.
- She said to me, ‘I have lost faith in you.’ Change into indirect speech. 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.
- Thousand dollars is not a small sum.
- I left the office at 5.30.
- A person who works for somebody in order to learn a skill apprentice
- He decided on the blue shirt.
