Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1An addressing machine ............... the handling of bulk mail.
Wrong!
Use "facilitates" for a general fact with the singular subject "machine".
2The old shepherd, at age 95, still ............... the full possession of his faculties.
Wrong!
Use "enjoys" for a present fact with the singular subject "shepherd".
3Jim is an extrovert who ............... to meet people.
Wrong!
Use "loves" because "who" refers to the singular noun "Jim".
4Let's see how she ............... herself from this embarrassing situation.
Wrong!
Use "extricates" after "let's see how" to refer to the future outcome.
5The hillside ............... with an exuberant growth of weeds.
Wrong!
Use "is covered" because the hillside receives the action.
6The play was so successful that it ............... an extended engagement at the local theater.
Wrong!
Use "had" because the sentence describes a past result.
7An extensive desert ............... much of northern Africa.
Wrong!
Use "covers" for a geographical fact.
8During World War II, many Germans ............... in the United States.
Wrong!
Use "settled" for a completed event in a finished past time period.
9The novel Tom Sawyer ............... 19th-century life in the United States.
Wrong!
Use "exemplifies" for what a literary work generally shows.
10Chess ............... a lot of mental exertion.
Wrong!
Use "requires" to state a general truth.
11I have bought a chicken in case your father ............... stay to lunch.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "should" and "might" can express possibility after "in case" here.
12In case the ranch burns down, we ............... the insurance money.
Wrong!
Use "will get" for the future result of a possible event.
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- An addressing machine facilitates the handling of bulk mail.
- The old shepherd, at age 95, still enjoys the full possession of his faculties.
- Jim is an extrovert who loves to meet people.
- Let’s see how she extricates herself from this embarrassing situation.
- The hillside is covered with an exuberant growth of weeds.
- The play was so successful that it had an extended engagement at the local theater.
- An extensive desert covers much of northern Africa.
- During World War II, many Germans settled in the United States.
- The novel Tom Sawyer exemplifies 19th-century life in the United States.
- Chess requires a lot of mental exertion.
- I have bought a chicken in case your father should / might stay to lunch.
- In case the ranch burns down, we will get the insurance money.