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Read the whole sentence and its cue. Type only the missing word or phrase, not the complete sentence. Spacing, capital letters and final punctuation are ignored.
B2 · Pre-advanced15 min
B2: Write the missing words
Produce the grammar yourself: ten focused questions with a clear cue and no answer choices.
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She said she ___ return the following day. Backshift will.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: would
Will becomes would when the future is viewed from a past reporting point.
If I had taken that job, I would ___ in Rome now. Use live.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: live
The result is a present situation, so use would + base verb.
The documents are said to have ___ destroyed. Supply the missing auxiliary.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: been
A perfect passive infinitive uses to have been + participle.
Never ___ I seen such a view. Supply the present-perfect auxiliary.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: have
Negative fronting places have before I.
No sooner had we left ___ it began to rain. Supply the matching linker.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: than
No sooner pairs with than.
___ finished the report, she went home. Supply the auxiliary marking earlier completion.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Having
Having + past participle marks an active action completed before the main event.
They prevented us from ___. Use enter.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: entering
From is a preposition and takes -ing.
The colleague to ___ I spoke was helpful. Use the formal relative pronoun.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: whom
After a fronted preposition, use whom for a person.
She can drive, but I ___. Use the negative of the same modal.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: can't
Repeat can in the negative and omit the understood verb drive.
There has been an increase ___ demand. Supply the usual preposition.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: in
The noun combination is an increase in something.
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She said she ___ return the following day. Backshift will.
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Correct answer: would
Will becomes would when the future is viewed from a past reporting point.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: live
The result is a present situation, so use would + base verb.
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Correct answer: been
A perfect passive infinitive uses to have been + participle.
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Correct answer: have
Negative fronting places have before I.
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Correct answer: than
No sooner pairs with than.
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Correct answer: Having
Having + past participle marks an active action completed before the main event.
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Correct answer: entering
From is a preposition and takes -ing.
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Correct answer: whom
After a fronted preposition, use whom for a person.
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Correct answer: can't
Repeat can in the negative and omit the understood verb drive.
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Correct answer: in
The noun combination is an increase in something.
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