Choose the correct word to fill in the gap
- He found his watch among the papers on his desk.
Use the preposition "among" to mean "in the middle of many" and "between" to mean "in the middle of two".
- Would you mind giving me a hand?
The verb "to mind" is followed by the gerund.
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I think San Francisco is as exciting as New York.
Use "as ... as" to express comparative equality.
- If she had known that he was coming, she would have prepared the guest room.
Use the past perfect in the if clause of conditional 3 sentences that concern the past.
- She told me she wanted to come.
Use "to tell" with an object, use "to say" without an object.
- What do you have to do at work?
Use the modal "have to" to express everyday responsibilities and obligations. "Must" is used for strong personal obligation.
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I wonder if the letter has arrived yet.
Indirect questions require the question phrase be put into regular statement order. Direct questions are inverted. Indirect questions begin with phrases such as "Do you know if..., Would you mind if..., Do you think that..."
- Do you really want to put off that meeting until tomorrow?
The phrasal verb "to put off" means "to postpone".
- I'm hungry! Just a moment, I'll make you a sandwich.
Use the future with "will" for spontaneous reactions - or decisions made at the moment of speaking.
- Unless he comes, we won't have much to talk about.
Use "unless" to mean "if not" in the first conditional.
- Oh, look at those clouds! It's going to rain.
Use the future with "going to" to make predictions about an event about to happen based on physical evidence that you can see. Use "will" to make future predictions for events that are farther in the future i.e. "It will rain tomorrow."
- How is he? - Frank? He's fine.
"How is he?" is the standard "How are you?" in the third person singular and asks about his general well-being.
- Jack told her that he was going to come the next day.
In reported speech go one step back into the past and change the time signifier as well as the pronoun. The original sentence is: Jack told her, "I'm going to come tomorrow."
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