Reporting Claims and Describing Relationships
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He is alleged to have ___ the money.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: taken
He is alleged to have taken the money. Passive reporting and distancing avoid presenting a claim as direct fact: it is alleged that, is believed to, appears to. Use a perfect infinitive for earlier events and a continuous infinitive for ongoing activity. Attribution is not proof that a claim is true.
The company is believed ___ be expanding.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to
The company is believed to be expanding. Passive reporting and distancing avoid presenting a claim as direct fact: it is alleged that, is believed to, appears to. Use a perfect infinitive for earlier events and a continuous infinitive for ongoing activity. Attribution is not proof that a claim is true.
Choose the word or expression: A positive regard that two people have for each other.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: mutual respect
mutual respect: A positive regard that two people have for each other. Example: A lasting partnership depends on mutual respect.
She was ___ a scholarship.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: offered
She was offered a scholarship. Some ditransitive verbs allow either object as the passive subject: She was given a prize; a prize was given to her. With buy/make, for often replaces to. Not every two-object pattern transfers freely; explain requires a thing + to-person structure.
A letter was sent ___ all applicants.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to
A letter was sent to all applicants. Some ditransitive verbs allow either object as the passive subject: She was given a prize; a prize was given to her. With buy/make, for often replaces to. Not every two-object pattern transfers freely; explain requires a thing + to-person structure.
Choose the word or expression: To tell someone personal information because you trust them.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: confide in
confide in: To tell someone personal information because you trust them. Example: I can confide in my sister when something is troubling me.
They made us ___ outside.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: wait
They made us wait outside. Verb + object patterns include want/ask/allow + object + to-infinitive, make/let + object + bare infinitive, and prevent + object + from + -ing. See/hear + object + -ing can focus on an ongoing action. Passive make changes to be made to do.
We were made ___ wait outside.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to
We were made to wait outside. Verb + object patterns include want/ask/allow + object + to-infinitive, make/let + object + bare infinitive, and prevent + object + from + -ing. See/hear + object + -ing can focus on an ongoing action. Passive make changes to be made to do.
Choose the word or expression: To gradually become less close to someone.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: drift apart
drift apart: To gradually become less close to someone. Example: Friends sometimes drift apart when their lives take different directions.
She seems to have ___ the deadline.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: missed
She seems to have missed the deadline. Perfect infinitives/gerunds refer to earlier actions, passive forms put the action on the understood subject, and continuous infinitives highlight duration. Compare to do, to be doing, to have done, to be done and to have been done. The governing verb still determines infinitive versus gerund.
He resents being ___ like a child.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: treated
He resents being treated like a child. Perfect infinitives/gerunds refer to earlier actions, passive forms put the action on the understood subject, and continuous infinitives highlight duration. Compare to do, to be doing, to have done, to be done and to have been done. The governing verb still determines infinitive versus gerund.
Choose the word or expression: To remain angry with someone about something they did.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: hold a grudge
hold a grudge: To remain angry with someone about something they did. Example: He tends to hold a grudge instead of discussing what upset him.
They looked at ___ across the table. (mutual action)
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: each other
They looked at each other across the table. (mutual action) Reflexive pronouns refer back to the same person as the subject; reciprocal pronouns each other/one another describe mutual action. By oneself means alone. Emphatic reflexives stress personal involvement, not a separate object.
She prepared the meal ___. (without help)
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: herself
She prepared the meal herself. (without help) Reflexive pronouns refer back to the same person as the subject; reciprocal pronouns each other/one another describe mutual action. By oneself means alone. Emphatic reflexives stress personal involvement, not a separate object.
Choose the word or expression: To become friendly again after an argument.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: make up
make up: To become friendly again after an argument. Example: They decided to make up and put the argument behind them.
He is alleged to have ___ the money.
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Correct answer: taken
He is alleged to have taken the money. Passive reporting and distancing avoid presenting a claim as direct fact: it is alleged that, is believed to, appears to. Use a perfect infinitive for earlier events and a continuous infinitive for ongoing activity. Attribution is not proof that a claim is true.
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Correct answer: to
The company is believed to be expanding. Passive reporting and distancing avoid presenting a claim as direct fact: it is alleged that, is believed to, appears to. Use a perfect infinitive for earlier events and a continuous infinitive for ongoing activity. Attribution is not proof that a claim is true.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: mutual respect
mutual respect: A positive regard that two people have for each other. Example: A lasting partnership depends on mutual respect.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: offered
She was offered a scholarship. Some ditransitive verbs allow either object as the passive subject: She was given a prize; a prize was given to her. With buy/make, for often replaces to. Not every two-object pattern transfers freely; explain requires a thing + to-person structure.
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Correct answer: to
A letter was sent to all applicants. Some ditransitive verbs allow either object as the passive subject: She was given a prize; a prize was given to her. With buy/make, for often replaces to. Not every two-object pattern transfers freely; explain requires a thing + to-person structure.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: confide in
confide in: To tell someone personal information because you trust them. Example: I can confide in my sister when something is troubling me.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: wait
They made us wait outside. Verb + object patterns include want/ask/allow + object + to-infinitive, make/let + object + bare infinitive, and prevent + object + from + -ing. See/hear + object + -ing can focus on an ongoing action. Passive make changes to be made to do.
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Correct answer: to
We were made to wait outside. Verb + object patterns include want/ask/allow + object + to-infinitive, make/let + object + bare infinitive, and prevent + object + from + -ing. See/hear + object + -ing can focus on an ongoing action. Passive make changes to be made to do.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: drift apart
drift apart: To gradually become less close to someone. Example: Friends sometimes drift apart when their lives take different directions.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: missed
She seems to have missed the deadline. Perfect infinitives/gerunds refer to earlier actions, passive forms put the action on the understood subject, and continuous infinitives highlight duration. Compare to do, to be doing, to have done, to be done and to have been done. The governing verb still determines infinitive versus gerund.
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Correct answer: treated
He resents being treated like a child. Perfect infinitives/gerunds refer to earlier actions, passive forms put the action on the understood subject, and continuous infinitives highlight duration. Compare to do, to be doing, to have done, to be done and to have been done. The governing verb still determines infinitive versus gerund.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: hold a grudge
hold a grudge: To remain angry with someone about something they did. Example: He tends to hold a grudge instead of discussing what upset him.
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Correct answer: each other
They looked at each other across the table. (mutual action) Reflexive pronouns refer back to the same person as the subject; reciprocal pronouns each other/one another describe mutual action. By oneself means alone. Emphatic reflexives stress personal involvement, not a separate object.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: herself
She prepared the meal herself. (without help) Reflexive pronouns refer back to the same person as the subject; reciprocal pronouns each other/one another describe mutual action. By oneself means alone. Emphatic reflexives stress personal involvement, not a separate object.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: make up
make up: To become friendly again after an argument. Example: They decided to make up and put the argument behind them.
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