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 never (1)___ part in a charity run before. My friend suggested (2)___ one with her. At first, I thought I wasn't fit (3)___. She said we didn't have to (4)___ the whole distance. We started practicing two weeks (5)___.
We meet (6)___ Tuesdays and Saturdays. I am getting (7)___ at keeping a steady pace. Yesterday, it (8)___ during our practice. We were wearing jackets, (9)___ we didn't get very wet. The event is held in a park (10)___ we often walk.
Our families are going (11)___ come and watch. We have already (12)___ some money for the charity. I hope (13)___ finish with my friend. If I get tired, I (14)___ slow down. Taking part is more important (15)___ winning.
I have never taken part in a charity run before. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
My friend suggested ___ one with her.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: joining
My friend suggested joining one with her. This verb, expression or preposition takes an -ing form in this construction.
At first, I thought I wasn't fit ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: enough
At first, I thought I wasn't fit enough. Enough comes before a noun or after an adjective and expresses sufficiency.
She said we didn't have to ___ the whole distance.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: run
She said we didn't have to run the whole distance. A modal or have to is followed by the base form of the verb.
We started practicing two weeks ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: ago
We started practicing two weeks ago. Ago follows a completed amount of time measured back from the present.
We meet ___ Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: on
We meet on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Use at for clock times or night, on for named days, and in for parts of the day.
I am getting ___ at keeping a steady pace.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: better
I am getting better at keeping a steady pace. Use the comparative form to compare two things, often with than.
Yesterday, it ___ during our practice.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: rained
Yesterday, it rained during our practice. Use the past simple for a completed event in the past.
We were wearing jackets, ___ we didn't get very wet.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: so
We were wearing jackets, so we didn't get very wet. So introduces the result of the preceding situation.
The event is held in a park ___ we often walk.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: where
The event is held in a park where we often walk. Choose a relative pronoun for a person or thing, or where for a place when no other subject/object is missing.
Our families are going ___ come and watch.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to
Our families are going to come and watch. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
We have already ___ some money for the charity.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: collected
We have already collected some money for the charity. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
I hope ___ finish with my friend.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to
I hope to finish with my friend. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
If I get tired, I ___ slow down.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: will
If I get tired, I will slow down. In a first conditional, if + present can be followed by will + base verb for a real future possibility.
Taking part is more important ___ winning.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: than
Taking part is more important than winning. Than introduces the second part of a comparison; then refers to time.
Question 1 of 150% complete
Gap 1I have never ___ part in a charity run before.
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Correct answer: taken
I have never taken part in a charity run before. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
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Correct answer: joining
My friend suggested joining one with her. This verb, expression or preposition takes an -ing form in this construction.
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Correct answer: enough
At first, I thought I wasn't fit enough. Enough comes before a noun or after an adjective and expresses sufficiency.
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Correct answer: run
She said we didn't have to run the whole distance. A modal or have to is followed by the base form of the verb.
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Correct answer: ago
We started practicing two weeks ago. Ago follows a completed amount of time measured back from the present.
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Correct answer: on
We meet on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Use at for clock times or night, on for named days, and in for parts of the day.
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Correct answer: better
I am getting better at keeping a steady pace. Use the comparative form to compare two things, often with than.
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Correct answer: rained
Yesterday, it rained during our practice. Use the past simple for a completed event in the past.
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Correct answer: so
We were wearing jackets, so we didn't get very wet. So introduces the result of the preceding situation.
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Correct answer: where
The event is held in a park where we often walk. 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: to
Our families are going to come and watch. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
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Correct answer: collected
We have already collected some money for the charity. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.
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Correct answer: to
I hope to finish with my friend. The construction requires a to-infinitive.
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Correct answer: will
If I get tired, I will slow down. In a first conditional, if + present can be followed by will + base verb for a real future possibility.
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Correct answer: than
Taking part is more important than winning. Than introduces the second part of a comparison; then refers to time.
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