Fill in the blanks.
1I ............... an interesting book yesterday.
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Use "read" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
2He ............... a lot so far.
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Use "has traveled" with "so far" to describe experience up to the present.
3She told me that she ............... be late.
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Use "might" after the past reporting verb "told" in reported speech.
4He ............... his wife’s murder.
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Use "avenged": to avenge a wrong such as a murder means to punish the person who did it. "Retaliated" would need "for".
5Can you ............... this knot?
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Use "untie" for undoing something that has been tied, such as a knot.
6Where did you ............... the paper I gave you a few minutes ago?
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Use "put" to ask where someone placed something.
7"Are you Asian?" "No, ..............."
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Use "I am not" as the negative short answer to "Are you Asian?"
8............... adult person has a vote.
Select 2 answers.
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"Each" and "Every" can both be used before a singular noun to mean all members of a group individually.
9She went to London with the objective ............... a better job.
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Use "of finding" after the noun phrase "with the objective".
10She did nothing but ...............
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Use the base form "cry" after "did nothing but".
11The thief ............... away before I opened the door.
Select 2 answers.
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"Ran" and "had run" are both possible before the past-time clause "before I opened the door".
12Janet and I ............... playing in the garden.
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Use "were" because the subject "Janet and I" is plural.
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- I read an interesting book yesterday.
- He has traveled a lot so far.
- She told me that she might be late.
- He avenged his wife’s murder.
- Can you untie this knot?
- Where did you put the paper I gave you a few minutes ago?
- “Are you Asian?” “No, I am not“
- Each / Every adult person has a vote.
- She went to London with the objective of finding a better job.
- She did nothing but cry
- The thief ran / had run away before I opened the door.
- Janet and I were playing in the garden.