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Modal Verbs. Complex Sentences. Object. General Questions. alternative Questions. Disjunctive Questions
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Modal Verbs
233. You …take care of your parents (should; ought to; are to)
234. My sight is getting worse. Next year, I’m afraid, I …read without glasses ( cannot; may not; won’t be able to)
235. Don’t you see I’m tired? You …me, you know. (might have …helped; could …help; may …help)
236. Police, firefighters, newspaper reporters and radio broadcasters …work on holiday in the USA ( could; might; must)
237. The real history of the period between 1688 and the middle of the 18th century … … summed up in three words: accumulation of capital ( need be; will be able to be; can be)
238. The power of knowledge …placed in the hands of people ( should be; ought to be; need to be)
239. We …commemorate great people ( must; need to; may)
240. Whatever else the government …to undertake, its duty is to keep order in civil society (must try; might try; may try)
241. No museum …ever…buy even one painting by this artist ( has …been able to; might…have; has…been allowed to)
242. 12 delegates representing gypsy groups from several countries …for 6 days of talks at the end of February ( can meet; have to meet; are to meet)
243. …you…get up early yesterday to meet the delegation at the airport? ( did…have to; had…to; have…had to)
244. The leopard …not change his sports ( need; can; ought)
245. We …learn from the past ( may; need; must)
246. Teenagers who commit crimes … … be treated as adults and sentenced to significant punishment ( would; should; ought to)
247. The Senate and the House of Representatives …approve a bill for it to become a law ( had to; must; was to)
248. Excuse me, …you tell me the way to the Houses of Parliament, please? (could; may; will)
249. …you come and sit down? (could, are, won’t)
250. …you like a cup of coffee? (should; would; could)
251. I …mind a drink, if you had one ( shouldn’t; wouldn’t; haven’t)
Sequence of Tenses
252. The Pilgrims had only the belongings they …on the small ship ( had brought; be brought; have brought)
253. In the spring, with the help from the Indians, the Pilgrims …for the next winter ( were prepared; have prepared; prepared)
254. It was reported that in honour of Tatyana, the patron saint of students, a nonscholastic party…by the sponsors the day before ( was organized; had been organized; is organized)
255. What was the result of the dispute you …in? (are; were; have been)
256. Ancient people didn’t know that the Earth …around the Sun (goes; has gone; went)
257. It was evident that water …at 1000 C (boils; boiled; had boiled)
258. In the modern world Britain was the first country where capitalism …established ( has been; had been; was)
259. Isaac Newton, the greatest scientist of all ages, lived in a period when the toxic effects of chemicals …less understood (have been; had been; were)
260. She didn’t know that the man …carvings for 15 years (had made; had been making; made)
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261. Hardly had they entered the house, when a violent thunderstorm … (broke out; had broken out; has breaken out)
262. What was done …be undone (can’t; couldn’t; won’t be able to )
263. He realized that the old life he …in that city since his boyhood was ended (had lived; lived; has lived)
Complex Sentences
264. It was uncertain whether the concert …outdoors (will be; would be; should be)
265. She didn’t know where her umbrella … (is; had been; was)
266. I don’t like films …have unhappy endings (which; that; what)
267. American institutions of higher education include technical training schools …offer programmes from hairstyling to computers ( what; that; which)
268. And now I would like to give the floor to Dr Green, … is going to talk about “Environmental Protection” (that; who; which)
269. When the Civil War ended traffic on the Mississippi river Mark Twain …his job as a river pilot and moved to the West ( left; had left; was leaving)
270. Since they …near the lake they can often go swimming (have lived; live; lived)
271. I enjoyed the trip, …it rained (although; however; as)
272. A good name is better …riches ( as if; as; than)
Object
273. They will give you some forms …(to be completed; to complete; completing)
274. He believed the principles …more important than wealth ( to be; be; been)
275. I shall dictate …the titles of the books to be read for the exams (you; your; to you)
Addition
276. Give the books …(to him; him; to he)
277. He extended his hand … (to I; to me; me)
278. I needed a holiday and …Ann (so does; so did; so is)
General Questions
279. I liked the book. - … (so am I; so did I; so I did)
280. I am not interested in his offer. - …(neither am I; either I am; nor am I)
281. …there a good connection from the airport to the city? (are; does; is)
282. …Washington the first city in history to be built for the purpose of governments? (was; did; were)
283. …you know where I can change my flight booking? (are; does; do)
alternative Questions
284. Is the US legislative branch made up of two …three houses? ( or; than; and)
285. May the writer critisize …praise the actions of some public officials? (or; but; than)
286. Are there billions …millions of stars in the Galaxy? (if; whether; or)
287. Do the citizens take part in national elections directly … indirectly? (if; and; or)
Disjunctive Questions
288. Let’s go to the party tonight, …? ( will you; shall us; shall we)
289. Don’t be late, …? (will you; do you; don’t you)
290. We could turn down the road, …? (did we; could we; couldn’t we)
291. She is perfectly willing to listen to reason, …? (is she; isn’t she; does she)
292. There was no national election last month, …? (was there; was it; is there)
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