Grammar Flashcards

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She _____ to the store before it closed.
Answer: had gone
Past perfect 'had gone' expresses an action completed before another past event.
Neither the students nor the teacher _____ ready.
Answer: is
With 'neither...nor,' the verb agrees with the subject closest to it (teacher = singular).
The book _____ on the shelf was written in 1985.
Answer: sitting
A present participle ('sitting') can function as an adjective modifying 'book.'
He spoke so _____ that no one could hear him.
Answer: quietly
An adverb ('quietly') modifies the verb 'spoke.'
If I _____ more time, I would travel the world.
Answer: had
Second conditional uses past simple ('had') in the if-clause for unreal present situations.
The manager asked the employees _____ overtime.
Answer: to work
After 'ask + object,' use an infinitive ('to work').
That is the woman _____ car was stolen.
Answer: whose
'Whose' is the possessive relative pronoun used to show ownership.