Fill in the blanks.
1. She …………………. to magnify all her problems.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the simple present to talk about facts.
2. Each driver maintained that the accident ………………… the other’s fault.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. Was the patient still alive when the doctor ……………………?
Correct!
Wrong!
When the main verb is in the past tense, use a past tense in the subordinate clauses as well.
4. Grandmother …………………. to the age of 93.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. The flowers will live longer if you …………………. them in water.
Correct!
Wrong!
When the main verb is in the future tense, use a present tense in the subordinate clause to refer to future.
6. Moby Dick …………………… one of the classics of American literature.
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Wrong!
7. Good campers ………………… leave litter on the campsite.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. It …………………….. a lot of nerve to work as a steeplejack.
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Wrong!
9. They caught him napping while he ………………… on duty.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. They ………………… vegetables in their backyard.
Correct!
Wrong!
Rise is an intransitive verb. Raise is the transitive form.
11. The sun ………………….. in the east.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. The building ……………….. by a wrecking crew.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- She tends to magnify all her problems.
- Each driver maintained that the accident was the other’s fault.
- Was the patient still alive when the doctor arrived?
- Grandmother lived to the age of 93.
- The flowers will live longer if you put them in water.
- Moby Dick is one of the classics of American literature.
- Good campers don’t leave litter on the campsite.
- It takes a lot of nerve to work as a steeplejack.
- They caught him napping while he was on duty.
- They raise vegetables in their backyard.
- The sun rises in the east.
12. The building was razed by a wrecking crew.
