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General Grammar Exercise

October 27, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. He is …………………..

Correct! Wrong!

Died is the past tense of die. Dead is an adjective.

2. The injured man had …………………….. by the time they took him to hospital.

Correct! Wrong!

Died is the past participle of die.

3. She ……………………… acting at the age of five.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple past is used when we say when something happened.

4. We spent hours ……………………… music and movies.

Correct! Wrong!

Discuss is one of those verbs that are not followed by a preposition.

5. I have ……………………. for the drinks.

Correct! Wrong!

Paid is the past participle of pay.

6. There are some advantages ……………………….. alone.

Correct! Wrong!

When the clause begins with there are, write advantages + to + ing form/noun.

7. It is high time you …………………….. a job.

Correct! Wrong!

Use a simple past after it is time/it is high time.

8. What a brilliant idea ………………………..!

Correct! Wrong!

The inverted word order is used in exclamations.

9. I asked him why ………………………… crying.

Correct! Wrong!

The inverted word order is used in indirect questions.

10. You had better …………………………. for that job.

Correct! Wrong!

Had better is used to give strong advice or warnings. Infinitive without to is used after had better.

11. If she found out, we …………………………. in trouble.

Correct! Wrong!

In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.

12. If you do not leave at once, I ……………………….. the police.

Correct! Wrong!

In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in the main clause.

Answers

1. He is dead.

2. The injured man had died by the time they took him to hospital.

3. She started acting at the age of five.

4. We spent hours discussing music and movies.

5. I have paid for the drinks.

6. There are some advantages to living alone.

7. It is high time you found a job.

8. What a brilliant idea it is!

9. I asked him why he was crying.

10. You had better apply for that job

11. If she found out, we would be in trouble.

12. If you do not leave at once, I will call the police.

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