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Sentence Completion Exercise

August 17, 2021 - A2pdf

Fill in the blanks.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1He would have drowned if the rescuers ............... in time.
Wrong!
In the third conditional we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
2Would you mind my ............... the window?
Wrong!
3Take anything you ...............
Wrong!
4I knew that she ............... support me.
Wrong!
Would is the past tense of will.
5............... I ran, I could not catch up with him.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Fronted adjectives/adverbs are possible in a structure with as or though.
6The party was great ...............
Wrong!
Fun usually goes after is.
7Only after her death ............... able to appreciate what she did for me.
Wrong!
Inversion is used when a sentence starts with only or hardly or seldom.
8Hardly ............... I sat down to rest when the doorbell rang.
Wrong!
It should be hardly did I sit down or hardly had I sat down.
9‘I don’t like oysters.’ ‘............... do I.’
Wrong!
After a negative remark, we can add another negative remark with 'neither + auxiliary + noun/pronoun.'
10............... we heard the gunshots, we rushed upstairs.
Wrong!
11Where ............... all this while?
Wrong!
The present perfect indicates time up to now.
12It was the last message I ............... from him.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12

Answers

  1. He would have drowned if the rescuers hadn’t arrived in time.
  2. Would you mind my opening the window?
  3. Take anything you want
  4. I knew that she would support me.
  5. Fast though/Fast as I ran, I could not catch up with him.
  6. The party was great fun
  7. Only after her death was I able to appreciate what she did for me.
  8. Hardly had I sat down to rest when the doorbell rang.
  9. ‘I don’t like oysters.’ ‘neither do I.’
  10. As soon as we heard the gunshots, we rushed upstairs.
  11. Where have you been all this while?
  12. It was the last message I got from him.
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