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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Can you help me correct some exercises?

Please help me with this cloze test, you're basically required to fill in the gap.

This is part of an exam that I had to do yesterday!

I wish you ... that. Now you've ruined everything.

[ a] hadn't said

[ b] wouldn't have said

[ c] didn't say

[ d] wouldn't say

... the future looks bleak, I'm not giving up.

[ a] Despite

[ b] However

[ c] Nevertheless

[ d] Though

I regretted my mistake. It was one which I ...

[ a] mustn't have made

[ b] ought not to have made

[ c] should not to be making

[ d] hadn't to make

... at the station half an hour early, I decided to go and have a quick drink in the cofee bar.

[ a] Arrived

[ b] After I have arrived

[ c] When arrived

[ d] having arrived

The train ...

[ a] had two hours of delay

[ b] had two hour's delay

[ c] was two hours late

[ d] was late of two hours

We have to choose ... a house or buy an apartment

[ a] if to rent

[ b] between whether to rent

[ c] if we may rent

[ d] between renting

Had he got up earlier, he ... late for work

[ a] can't have been

[ b] mightn't have been

[ c] shouldn't have been

[ d] mustn't have been
  

Top answer

The following are wrong: ... the future looks bleak, I'm not giving up. [ a] Despite [ b] However [ c] Nevertheless [ d] Though I regretted my mistake.

  • The following are wrong: ...
  • the future looks bleak, I'm not giving up.
  • [ a] Despite [ b] However [ c] Nevertheless [ d] Though I regretted my mistake.
  • It was one which I ...
  • [ a] mustn't have made [ b] ought not to have made [ c] should not to be making [ d] hadn't to make ...
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The following are wrong:

... the future looks bleak, I'm not giving up.

[ a] Despite

[ b] However

[ c] Nevertheless

[ d] Though

I regretted my mistake. It was one which I ...

[ a] mustn't have made

[ b] ought not to have made

[ c] should not to be making

[ d] hadn't to make

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Hi,


... the future looks bleak, I'm not giving up. D

[ a] Despite

[ b] However

[ c] Nevertheless

[ d] Though


I regretted my mistake. It was one which I ... B

mustn't have made

ought

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