SFA
25. Complete the sentences. Use
ne sentences. Use the words on the right in the appropriate
forms.
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1. John is the ... driver among... .(careful,we)
2.Richard ... his book when there was a knock at the door.(read)
3.My computer ... to the engineer when it broke.(take)
4.Yesterday the ... were asked to help to clean the ... child, bookshelf
in the classroom.(child,bookshelf)
5. They always do such things (they)
6.They still ... when a young woman ... out of the talk, come
building.
7.The ... lesson was Physics and it was much ... than(one,difficult)
the ... one which was History.(two)
8.He said he never ... about Great Britain.(travel)
9. You are lucky you ... me at home. I usually leave the find
flat(early)
10. Mark understood they ... the game.(lose)
11 This legend ... the story of King Arthur and a poor
Welshman.(tell)
12. The old gentleman knew they ... at the airport (arrive)
much later than it (expect)
13. We have packed all the things (we)
14. Thousands of animals like seals and dolphins are in
danger, and the ... danger to ... are people.(big, they)
To complete this sentence, we need to compare John's carefulness to the carefulness of other people. The word "us" in the brackets indicates that John is being compared to the speaker and some other people.
2. Richard was reading his book when there was a knock at the door.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the past simple form of the verb "read" because the action happened in the past.
3. My computer was taken to the engineer when it broke.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the past simple passive form of the verb "take" because someone else took the computer to the engineer.
4. Yesterday the children were asked to help clean the bookshelf in the classroom.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the past simple passive form of the verb "clean" because the children were asked to clean the bookshelf by someone else.
5. They always do such things themselves.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the reflexive pronoun "themselves" because it refers back to "they," indicating that they do things without any help.
6. They still came out of the building when a young woman spoke to them.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the past simple form of the verbs "come" and "speak" because the actions happened in the past.
7. The first lesson was Physics and it was much more difficult than the second one, which was History.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the comparative form of the adjective "difficult" to compare the difficulty levels of the two lessons. We also need to use the word "more" before the adjective to form the comparative form.
8. He said he never travels to/about Great Britain.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the present simple form of the verb "travel" because the statement is about a habitual action or behavior.
9. You are lucky you found me at home. I usually leave the flat early.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the past simple form of the verb "find" to indicate that the action happened in the past. We also need to use the adverb "early" to describe the time at which the person usually leaves the flat.
10. Mark understood they had lost the game.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the past perfect form of the verb "lose" because the understanding happened after the game was lost.
11. This legend tells the story of King Arthur and a poor Welshman.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the present simple form of the verb "tell" because the legend is about a general truth or a known story.
12. The old gentleman knew they had arrived at the airport much later than he had expected.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the past perfect form of the verbs "arrive" and "expect" because the arrival happened before the knowledge and the expectation.
13. We have packed all our things.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the possessive pronoun "our" before the noun "things" to indicate that the things belong to "us."
14. Thousands of animals like seals and dolphins are in big danger, and they are the biggest danger to them.
To complete this sentence, we need to use the comparative form of the adjective "big" to describe the danger. We also need to use the pronoun "they" and the reflexive pronoun "them" to refer back to the animals.