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Verbs exercise

November 27, 2013 - pdf

Complete the following sentences using appropriate forms of the verbs given in the brackets.

1. They ………………….. him hand and foot and held him fast.

Correct! Wrong!

2. None of them …………………. of doing what he never attempted to do.

Correct! Wrong!

3. What he ………………….. he could not tell.

Correct! Wrong!

4. They .......................................... the roads so that he might not escape.

Correct! Wrong!

5. He came to my house to tell me what .......................................

Correct! Wrong!

6. He promised that no one ............................................. for expressing their opinion.

Correct! Wrong!

7. He got his shop .......................................... before the monsoons set in.

Correct! Wrong!

8. He ran so fast that he .............................................. soon out of breath.

Correct! Wrong!

9. I wonder what he has done with the money I .......................................... him.

Correct! Wrong!

10. It ............................................... to you that he was simply bluffing.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. They bound him hand and foot and held him fast.

2. None of them dreamed of doing what he never attempted to do.

3. What he knew he could not tell.

4. They guarded the roads so that he might not escape.

5. He came to my house to tell me what had happened.

6. He promised that no one would be persecuted for expressing their opinion.

7. He got his shop repaired before the monsoons set in.

8. He ran so fast that he was soon out of breath.

9. I wonder what he has done with the money I lent him.

10. It must have occurred to you that he was simply bluffing.

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