- 2071 Chaitra · 0.5×10 marks
Fill in the blanks (grammar) 2071 Chaitra
Short answer
a. is, b. is, c. has been, d. got, e. would have worked, f. will quit, g. by, h. into, i. I remember being taught algebra, j. He was seen crossing the road by me
Fill up the following blank spaces selecting the correct words from the brackets: a. He, along with his teachers, ........... playing. (is, are) b. The principal and accountant............ on leave. (is, are) c. It ........... a long time since he telephoned me. (is, has been) d. It's high time he ........... the job. (got, has got) e. Had it not been a hot day, we ........... a lot. (had worked, would have worked) f. Should that happen, I ........... the job. (should quit, will quit) g. I'll stand ........... you whatever happens. (for, by) h. The project is running ........... financial difficulties. (with, into) i. The passive voice of "I remember him teaching me algebra" is ........... (I remember being taught algebra/I remember to being taught algebra by him.) j. The passive voice of "I saw him crossing the road" is ........... (He was seen crossing the road by me/He was seen to be crossing the road.)
a. is: "along with his teachers" does not make the subject plural. b. is: the article "The" is used only once, so "principal and accountant" refers to one person holding both posts, and the verb is singular. (For two different people it would be "The principal and the accountant are on leave".) c. has been: the present perfect is used with "since" for a period up to now. d. got: "It's high time he ..." takes the simple past. e. would have worked: third conditional in the main clause ("Had it not been ..."). f. will quit: "Should that happen" is an inverted conditional for a real possibility, so the result clause uses "will". g. by: "stand by" someone means to support them. h. into: "run into difficulties" means to meet them. i. I remember being taught algebra: the active "him teaching me" becomes the passive gerund "being taught". j. He was seen crossing the road by me: the participle is kept in the passive.
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