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Core Grammar Sentence Completion Flashcards

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  1. She has been working here ___ five years.

    Answer: for

    'For' is used with a duration of time, while 'since' is used with a point in time.

  2. Not only ___ late, but he also forgot the documents.

    Answer: was he

    Fronting 'not only' causes subject-auxiliary inversion in the first clause.

  3. I'd rather you ___ tell anyone about this.

    Answer: didn't

    When 'I'd rather' refers to another person's action, the verb takes simple past form.

  4. The laptop, ___ I bought last year, needs repairing.

    Answer: which

    Non-defining relative clauses use 'which', not 'that', and are set off by commas.

  5. He can't have left already — his coat is still ___.

    Answer: there

    'There' refers to a previously established or visible location.

  6. The film was so boring that I nearly ___ asleep.

    Answer: fell

    After 'nearly' in a simple past narrative, the simple past verb form is used.

  7. I wish I ___ how to play the piano.

    Answer: knew

    'I wish' expressing a present unreal desire uses the simple past tense.