1The Red Cross ............... food and shelter for disaster victims.
Wrong!
Use the simple present form "provides" because the subject is singular.
2Her constant nagging ............... him.
Wrong!
Use the simple past form "provoked" for a completed past action.
3The island ............... with overgrown greenery.
Wrong!
Use the passive form "was covered" because greenery covered the island.
4The islanders were warned that a storm ............... coming.
Wrong!
Use "was" because reported speech after a past reporting verb usually shifts back in tense.
5The student's work ............... unsatisfactory.
Wrong!
Use "was judged" because the singular subject takes a singular passive verb.
6Revisions ............... to bring the text up to date.
Wrong!
Use "were made" because the plural subject needs a plural passive verb.
7Criminals ............... to return to the scene of crime.
Wrong!
Use "are said" for a present passive statement about a general belief.
8I ............... South America in my youth.
Wrong!
Use "visited" because "in my youth" refers to a finished past time.
9Many pilgrims ............... the same path to the shrine.
Wrong!
Use "have trodden" because the plural subject takes the present perfect form.
10He ............... the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Wrong!
Use "spent" for a completed past period in his life.
11I ............... to go.
Wrong!
Use "would like" to express a polite wish or request.
Answers
- The Red Cross provides food and shelter for disaster victims.
- Her constant nagging provoked him.
- The island was covered with overgrown greenery.
- The islanders were warned that a storm was coming.
- The student’s work was judged unsatisfactory.
- Revisions were made to bring the text up to date.
- Criminals are said to return to the scene of crime.
- I visited South America in my youth.
- Many pilgrims have trodden the same path to the shrine.
- He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
- I would like to go.
