Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.
1You had better ............... a specialist.
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After "had better", use the base verb "consult".
2You must not leave books near the open fire. They ............... easily.
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The natural expression for starting to burn is "catch fire".
3When will the meeting ...............?
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After "will" in a passive question, use "be held".
4Let’s ............... this weekend. It is snowing.
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For activities after "go", use the -ing form in "go skiing".
5I have had ............... for a bit. I am going home.
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Use "enough of Rome" to mean you do not want any more of it for now.
6He is trying to make a machine that would ............... people in wheelchairs to get up stairs.
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The verb "enable" means make it possible for someone to do something.
7I really ............... when I went skiing last month.
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When "enjoy" has no other object, use the reflexive form "enjoyed myself".
8I felt like ...............
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After "feel like", use the -ing form "crying".
9By then, I ............... for hours, and I was getting tired.
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For an action continuing before a past time, use "had been running".
10..............., he went on working.
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The concessive structure "Tired though he was" means although he was tired.
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- You had better consult a specialist.
- You must not leave books near the open fire. They catch fire easily.
- When will the meeting be held?
- Let’s go skiing this weekend. It is snowing.
- I have had enough of Rome for a bit. I am going home.
- He is trying to make a machine that would enable people in wheelchairs to get up stairs.
- I really enjoyed myself when I went skiing last month.
- I felt like crying.
- By then, I had been running for hours, and I was getting tired.
- Tired though he was, he went on working.