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Fill in the blanks (grammar) 2072 Kartik

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a) has, b) has been, c) were, d) would have visited, e) I love being helped, f) to, g) of, h) move, i) was crying, j) had

Fill up the following blanks selecting the correct words from the brackets: a) The Prime Minister, along with his cabinet members,........gone abroad. (has/have) b) The poet and artist .......... honoured. (has been/have been) c) If I .......... you, I wouldn't make such remarks. (am, were) d) Had I been there, I ....... every part of the city. (had visited, would have visited) e) The passive voice of 'I love people helping me' is ......... (I love having been helped, I love being helped) f) She is accustomed......... having spicy food. (with, to) g) The poor boy is deprived ........ proper schooling. (to, of) h) I felt the whole building ........ (move, moving) i) When I saw her, she ......... (was crying, cried) j) I wish I .......... a better job. (have, had)

a) has: "along with his cabinet members" does not change the number of the subject "The Prime Minister". b) has been: "The poet and artist" refers to one person, so the verb is singular. c) were: unreal condition (imaginary present) uses "were" for all persons. d) would have visited: third conditional (past unreal condition) needs "would have" plus the past participle. e) I love being helped: gerund passive of "people helping me". f) to: "accustomed to" is followed by a gerund. g) of: "deprived of" something. h) move: after the verb of perception "felt" with an object, the bare infinitive is used for a completed action. i) was crying: past continuous for an action in progress when another past action occurred. j) had: "I wish" with a present unreal situation takes the past form "had".

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