Fill in the blanks.
1The council ............... of ten members.
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With the singular subject "The council", the correct verb is "consists".
2Later on, he ............... his mistake.
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The past-time phrase "Later on" fits the simple past form "realized".
3He asked ............... my name was.
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In an indirect question about a name, use "what".
4I ............... them for help.
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Before a person and "for help", use "asked".
5This is the key I was ...............
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The phrasal verb meaning "searching for" is "looking for".
6I ............... him to go.
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Before an object and an infinitive, use "told".
7He is used to ...............
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After "be used to", use the gerund "smoking".
8He ............... the red shirt.
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For a completed past action, use "chose".
9I would prefer to starve ............... to beg.
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After "would prefer", the correct contrast phrase is "rather than".
10He ............... sitting there.
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Before a possessive and a gerund, the correct phrase is "objected to my".
11I want to ............... for a while.
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After "want to", the base verb phrase is "lie down".
12If they informed me earlier, I ............... the function.
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In this second conditional sentence, the correct main-clause form is "could attend".
Answers
- The council consists of ten members.
- Later on, he realized his mistake.
- He asked what my name was.
- I asked them for help.
- This is the key I was looking for.
- I told him to go.
- He is used to smoking.
- He chose the red shirt.
- I would prefer to starve rather than to beg.
- He objected to my sitting there.
- I want to lie down for a while.
- If they informed me earlier, I could attend the function.
