Part Two Blank Filling:
A. Fill in each of the blanks with a relative word best suited to the context.
Example:
Is that the boy _____ father is in prison?
Answer: whose
1. Are you the lady ______ asked for soap?
2. My typewriter is not the machine_______ it was.
3. He eats the finest food _______is available.
4. He asks for the latest book ______ there is on the subject.
5. The book ______ you are speaking of is unavailable.
6. There was a certain old man in the village _____ none of us liked.
7. He talked brilliantly of the men and the books ______ interested him.
8. I know someone else _______ father works here.
9. Can I suggest a time ______ it will be convenient to meet?
10. Is there any reason ______ you should have a holiday?
11. She’s married to a physicist of _____ you may have heard: his name is J. Smith.
12. I passed him a large glass of whisky, ______ he drank immediately.
13. Atlas was a kneeling man on _____ shoulders the world rested.
14. Anne White, from ____ you received the invitation, lives next door to me.
15. They have four children, all of _____ are now at school.
B. Fill in each of the blanks with “preposition + which” :
Example:
The picture, ______ he paid $1,000, was once owned by a duke.
Answer: for which.
1. I cannot believe that the restaurant, ________ I have eaten such wonderful meals, is going to close down.
2. I am grateful to him for that advice _______ I owe all my success.
3. His thesis, ________ the last hundred pages are absolutely nonsense, will probably win him a lot of notoriety.
4. The Tower of London, _______ a lecture is to be given tomorrow, was one of the world’s historic buildings.
5. The science of medicine, ________ progress has been very rapid lately, is perhaps the most important of all the sciences.
C. Fill in each of the blanks with a proper form of the given verbs
1. We will just manage to catch the train if we _______(leave) immediately.
2. If I see him again, I ______ (tell) him what you said.
3. What would you do about the problem if you ______ (be) in my shoes?
4. If you _____ (go) on a diet, you would lose weight.
5. If you were to have asked me, I _____(be) only too willing to help.
6. If writing had never been invented, we _____(have) no books now.
7. Give me time and I ____(find) a solution
8. If you want to pass, you _____(work) harder.
9. Even if he knew the truth, he _____(do) nothing about it.
10. We _____(be) here last night, but our car broke out before we got on the road.
D. Fill in each of the blanks with a proper conjunct
Example:
I don’t want to buy the house. The price is too high. And ______, the house isn’t in a suitable position Answer: moreover
1. He is being a fool. ______, he is behaving foolishly.
2. This food is very good and it’s probably something that people wouldn’t get at home. _____, it’s not difficult to cook and it’s quick to prepare.
3. You say you took the book without his permission. _____, you stole it.
4. He says he wants to marry Susan. ______, he shouldn’t be quarrelling with her all the time.
5. The term papers were very brief. _____, they were better than I expected.
6. He has been in office for only a few months. He has, _______, achieved more than any of his predecessors.
7. Officially, he is in charge. ______, his secretary does all the work.
8. They don’t often use their car over the weekend. _____, you can borrow it if you want to.
9. The news may be unexpected. ______, it is true.
10. I know he hasn’t finished the work; but, ______, he is a very busy man.
E. Fill in each of the blanks with there to be or there being:
1. People don’t want ______ another war.
2. There’s now some hope of ______settlement of the dispute.
3. They asked for _____ another meeting.
4. John asked about ________ another meeting.
5. John intended _________ a meeting afterwards.
6. It is essential for ________ more houses built next year.
7. _______ no further business, the Chairman closed the meeting.
8. John planned on ________ another meeting.
9. People hate ________ queues everywhere.
10. What John was waiting for was for ________ complete silence.
Part Four Sentence Transformation:
Rewrite the following sentences according to given requirements:
1. I finished reading the newspaper. Then John came home. (Combine the two clauses using “before”)
2. Though the task was difficult, they managed to complete it in time.(Begin the sentence with “Difficult…”)
3. If you don’t oil the motor regularly, it won’t run smoothly. (use “unless”)
4. Mr. Wang said, “ what are you going to give your mom as a birthday present, Xiao Zhang?” (turn into indirect speech)
5. It is natural that I will have to answer her letter. (using “naturally”)
6. He asked me to post a letter for him, and I have posted the letter. (using “so”)
7. Jack likes classic music, and Mary likes it too. (use “so”)
8. Brian locked the door. He went to a nearby pub. (combine the two clauses using “and”)
9. He gave her a handbag (using cleft sentence)
10. He gave her a handbag (using pseudo-cleft sentence)
11. To drive without a license is illegal. (begin the sentence with “it”)
12. A man is sitting on that fence. (use “there be”)
13. Whether there was gold left in the mine was not known. (begin the sentence with “it”)
14. It is certain there is trouble at the factory. (begin the sentence with “there”)
15. It is clear that we shall have to inform the police. (use disjunct)
