Fill in the blanks.
1Do you believe ............... supernatural beings?
Wrong!
The verb phrase is "believe in" when we mean to think something exists or is true.
2Finally, the police have succeeded ............... nabbing the criminal.
Wrong!
The correct verb pattern is "succeeded in" before a noun or gerund.
3Burglars broke ............... the house while the family was away on vacation.
Wrong!
The phrasal verb "break into" means to enter a place by force.
4The car crashed ............... the tree.
Wrong!
Use "crashed into" when a moving object hits something.
5His novels have been translated ............... over 60 languages.
Wrong!
Use "translated into" for the target language of a translation.
6Two people were killed when a car collided ............... a bus.
Wrong!
The correct verb pattern is "collided with" for two things that crash together.
7Fill the bottle ............... juice.
Wrong!
The correct phrase is "fill with" when saying what goes inside a container.
8He provides the poor ............... food.
Wrong!
The pattern is "provide someone with" something they need.
9Nobody knows what happened ............... them.
Wrong!
The correct question pattern is "happened to" when asking about a person or thing affected by an event.
10We were not invited ............... their party.
Wrong!
The correct pattern is "invited to" an event or place.
11I was so distracted that I could not concentrate ............... my work.
Wrong!
The correct verb pattern is "concentrate on" something.
12She insisted ............... paying for her drinks.
Wrong!
The correct verb pattern is "insisted on" before a noun or gerund.
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- Do you believe in supernatural beings?
- Finally, the police have succeeded in nabbing the criminal.
- Burglars broke into the house while the family was away on vacation.
- The car crashed into the tree.
- His novels have been translated into over 60 languages.
- Two people were killed when a car collided with a bus.
- Fill the bottle with juice.
- He provides the poor with food.
- Nobody knows what happened to them.
- We were not invited to their party.
- I was so distracted that I could not concentrate on my work.
- She insisted on paying for her drinks.