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Choose correct words (grammar) 2070 Ashad

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a. am, b. we, c. wait, d. is, e. had drunk, f. to, g. with, h. move, i. have, j. of

Choose the correct words from the brackets: a) Either you or I ........... supposed to do it. (are, am) b) The teacher said that ........... are mortal. (we, they) c) Time and tide ........... for none. (wait, waits) d) He as well as his comrades ........... out. (is, are) e) She walked as if she ........... a lot (drank, had drunk) f) Look ........... your health. (to, up) g) She cannot part ........... her jewels. (from, with) h) I feel the room ........... (move, to move) i) The government ........... decided to increase the salary of their civil servants. (have, has) j) He died ........... T.B. last year. (with, of)

a) am: with "either...or", the verb agrees with the nearer subject, "I". b) we: the teacher includes himself; a general truth is kept in the present tense. c) wait: "Time and tide" (a proverb) is treated as plural. d) is: "as well as" does not change the number of the main subject "He". e) had drunk: "as if" with the past perfect shows an unreal comparison with an earlier action. f) to: "look to" means to take care of. g) with: "part with" means to give up. h) move: after "feel" with an object, the bare infinitive is used. i) have: the pronoun "their" shows that "government" is being treated as a group of individuals (plural), so the verb must also be plural: "The government have decided ... their civil servants". j) of: one dies "of" a disease.

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