Fill in the blanks with a finite or non-finite verb.
1. She is trying frantically ………………………. her youth.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. You had better …………………………… that cut with some iodine.
Correct!
Wrong!
Had better is followed by a bare infinitive.
3. I warned you not ………………………. that car.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. She made a feeble attempt ………………………… at the tasteless joke.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. They told her …………………………. away.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. It is time you ……………………….. eating junk food.
Correct!
Wrong!
A simple past verb is used after it is time.
7. I didn’t want ………………………… her.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. Nothing can stop him from ………………………… what he wants.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. All that shouting caused him ………………………….. his voice.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. The club members had no voice in …………………………. the president.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. It was very unselfish of you …………………….. us.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. We agreed ………………………. at some unspecified time in the future.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- She is trying frantically to maintain her youth.
- You had better wash that cut with some iodine.
- I warned you not to buy that car.
- She made a feeble attempt to smile at the tasteless joke.
- They told her to stay away.
- It is time you stopped eating junk food.
- I didn’t want to offend her.
- Nothing can stop him from achieving what he wants.
- All that shouting caused him to lose his voice.
- The club members had no voice in choosing the president.
- It was very unselfish of you to help us.
- We agreed to meet at some unspecified time in the future.
