Fill in the blanks.
1. You should be ashamed ……………………………
Ashamed is followed by of. When the subject and object refer to the same person, use the reflexive pronoun.
2. When we were children, we ……………………………. go swimming almost every day.
Please select 2 correct answers
Either would or used to can be used to talk about past habits.
3. There …………………………… be a pond in that corner.
We can use used to to talk about past states. Would cannot be used with this meaning.
4. He spoke in ………………………… a low voice that I could not hear him.
Such is followed by adjective + noun.
5. ………………………….. had I closed the door before someone knocked.
6. The sunset was …………………………… beautiful that we couldn’t help admiring it.
Use so before an adjective. Very is not normally followed by a that-clause.
7. ………………………….. he has broken his leg, he cannot walk now.
Please select 2 correct answers
Either as or because is possible here.
8. He wants to buy another car ……………………………. we don’t already have enough cars in the garage.
9. This is the man …………………………….. wants to talk to you.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, use who to refer to people.
10. He asked me ………………………….. I lived.
11. I asked them …………………………….. they could help me.
Either if or whether can be used to report yes/no questions.
12. He ……………………………….. since he was a boy.
To talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present, use the present perfect or the present perfect continuous tense.
Answers
- You should be ashamed of yourself?
- When we were children, we would /used to go swimming almost every day.
- There used to be a pond in that corner.
- He spoke in such a low voice that I could not hear him.
- Hardly / Scarcely had I closed the door before someone knocked.
- The sunset was so beautiful that we couldn’t help admiring it.
- As / Because he has broken his leg, he cannot walk now.
- He wants to buy another car as if we don’t already have enough cars in the garage.
- This is the man who wants to talk to you.
- He asked me where I lived.
- I asked them if / whether they could help me.
- He has been volunteering since he was a boy.
