Complete an original connected text with 15 multiple-choice gaps. Read the whole passage and use the surrounding context. Answers and explanations appear after completion.
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I have always (1)___ to cook more interesting meals. Last month, I (2)___ up for a weekend course. The class was (3)___ than I expected. Our teacher showed us how (4)___ prepare a simple sauce. We didn't have (5)___ bowls for every pair.
I shared a bowl with a student (6)___ came from my town. He had never (7)___ fresh herbs before. We worked (8)___ and followed the recipe. Our sauce was too thick, (9)___ we added water. The teacher gave us (10)___ useful advice.
She said we should avoid (11)___ all the salt at once. At the end, everyone (12)___ the different dishes. I thought ours was the (13)___. I have cooked it twice (14)___ the course ended. My family would like (15)___ try another recipe next weekend.
I have always wanted to cook more interesting meals. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
Last month, I ___ up for a weekend course.
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Correct answer: signed
Last month, I signed up for a weekend course. Use the past simple for a completed event in the past.
The class was ___ than I expected.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: smaller
The class was smaller than I expected. Use the comparative form to compare two things, often with than.
Our teacher showed us how ___ prepare a simple sauce.
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Correct answer: to
Our teacher showed us how to prepare a simple sauce. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
We didn't have ___ bowls for every pair.
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Correct answer: enough
We didn't have enough bowls for every pair. Enough comes before a noun or after an adjective and expresses sufficiency.
I shared a bowl with a student ___ came from my town.
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Correct answer: who
I shared a bowl with a student who came from my town. Choose a relative pronoun for a person or thing, or where for a place when no other subject/object is missing.
He had never ___ fresh herbs before.
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Correct answer: used
He had never used fresh herbs before. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
We worked ___ and followed the recipe.
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Correct answer: carefully
We worked carefully and followed the recipe. An adverb describes how, when or where an action happens.
Our sauce was too thick, ___ we added water.
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Correct answer: so
Our sauce was too thick, so we added water. So introduces the result of the preceding situation.
The teacher gave us ___ useful advice.
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Correct answer: some
The teacher gave us some useful advice. Countable and uncountable nouns require different quantity words; check the sentence and noun.
She said we should avoid ___ all the salt at once.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: adding
She said we should avoid adding all the salt at once. This verb, expression or preposition takes an -ing form in this construction.
At the end, everyone ___ the different dishes.
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Correct answer: tasted
At the end, everyone tasted the different dishes. Use the past simple for a completed event in the past.
I thought ours was the ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: best
I thought ours was the best. Use the superlative after the when identifying the highest degree in a group.
I have cooked it twice ___ the course ended.
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Correct answer: since
I have cooked it twice since the course ended. Since introduces the starting point of a period extending to a later time.
My family would like ___ try another recipe next weekend.
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Correct answer: to
My family would like to try another recipe next weekend. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
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Gap 1I have always ___ to cook more interesting meals.
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Correct answer: wanted
I have always wanted to cook more interesting meals. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
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Correct answer: signed
Last month, I signed up for a weekend course. Use the past simple for a completed event in the past.
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Correct answer: smaller
The class was smaller than I expected. Use the comparative form to compare two things, often with than.
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Correct answer: to
Our teacher showed us how to prepare a simple sauce. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
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Correct answer: enough
We didn't have enough bowls for every pair. Enough comes before a noun or after an adjective and expresses sufficiency.
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Correct answer: who
I shared a bowl with a student who came from my town. Choose a relative pronoun for a person or thing, or where for a place when no other subject/object is missing.
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Correct answer: used
He had never used fresh herbs before. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
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Correct answer: carefully
We worked carefully and followed the recipe. An adverb describes how, when or where an action happens.
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Correct answer: so
Our sauce was too thick, so we added water. So introduces the result of the preceding situation.
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Correct answer: some
The teacher gave us some useful advice. Countable and uncountable nouns require different quantity words; check the sentence and noun.
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Correct answer: adding
She said we should avoid adding all the salt at once. This verb, expression or preposition takes an -ing form in this construction.
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Correct answer: tasted
At the end, everyone tasted the different dishes. Use the past simple for a completed event in the past.
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Correct answer: best
I thought ours was the best. Use the superlative after the when identifying the highest degree in a group.
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Correct answer: since
I have cooked it twice since the course ended. Since introduces the starting point of a period extending to a later time.
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Correct answer: to
My family would like to try another recipe next weekend. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
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