Fill in the blanks.
1The ice will melt when the sun ............... on it.
Wrong!
Use "shines" in the time clause after "when" to refer to the future.
2My children live abroad. I ............... to meet them.
Wrong!
Use "am dying" as the fixed informal expression meaning "really want."
3He confessed that he ............... the money.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "took" and "had taken" are possible after "confessed" in reported speech.
4If you break the law of the land, you ...............
Wrong!
Use "will be punished" for the passive result in a first conditional sentence.
5It is difficult to imagine how early humans ............... without fire.
Wrong!
Use "lived" to refer to life in the distant past.
6This house ............... with rats.
Wrong!
Use "is infested" for the passive adjective meaning "full of pests."
7The thief ............... refuge in a cave.
Wrong!
Use "took" for the past event in the fixed phrase "took refuge."
8Millions of Jews ............... in the Nazi Holocaust.
Wrong!
Use "perished" because "perish" is an intransitive verb and does not form a passive here.
9The impertinent boy ............... to his room.
Wrong!
Use "was sent" because the boy received the action in the past.
10Drug dealers sometimes ............... drug addicts.
Wrong!
Use "impersonate" because the plural subject "Drug dealers" needs the base present form.
11It is imperative that we ............... the police.
Wrong!
Use "call" after "It is imperative that" in the mandative subjunctive.
12Physical beauty ............... with age.
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Use "fades" for a general fact in the simple present.
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- The ice will melt when the sun shines on it.
- My children live abroad. I am dying to meet them.
- He confessed that he took / had taken the money.
- If you break the law of the land, you will be punished
- It is difficult to imagine how early humans lived without fire.
- This house is infested with rats.
- The thief took refuge in a cave.
- Millions of Jews perished in the Nazi Holocaust.
- The impertinent boy was sent to his room.
- Drug dealers sometimes impersonate drug addicts.
- It is imperative that we call the police.
- Physical beauty fades with age.