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24. Opt for the inappropriate grammar 27. Choose the correct equivalent to the
point. given sentence
A) What do you mean by saying that? – “I won’t get my bicycle repaired here again
Gerund because they charged me far too much”
B) With a sudden tightening of the muscles he means “ … ”
became aware of a figure walking noiselessly A) I wouldn’t have let them repair my bicycle if
beside him. – Verbal noun I had known how much they would charge.
C) The driving wheel of the machine is broken. B) I’m sure there must be cheaper places that
– Present Participle ( PI ) repair bicycles just as well.
D) Your having written is really no excuse for C) I should have asked them how much they
your not coming on the day fixed. – charged before I left my bicycle with them to be
Past Participle ( PII ) repaired.
E) Having descended the mountain , they D) It cost me so much to get my bicycle
heard a man calling for help. – Present repaired there that I’ll never go back with it
Participle Perfect again.
E) Getting my bicycle repaired was very
expensive, so I hope I won’t need repairing
again.
25. Choose the correct tense forms. 28. Choose the correct variant.
The term Middle Ages .... by scholars in the 15 Your daughter is upset because there is a lot of
the century to designate the interval between unpleasantness going on in her class. She says
the downfall of the classical world of Greece that one girl in particular has been telling lies
and Rome and its rediscovery at the beginning and trying to manipulate the other girls in the
of their own century, a revival in which they ... class. You know that this girl’s parents were
they... . Indeed, the notion of a long period of recently divorced, and you think that this may
cultural darkness... by Petrarch even earlier. be the reason for the girl’s behaviour. You want
A) coined, had felt, participated, had your daughter to understand this, so you say:
expressed. A) Have you thought about the possibility that
B) were coined, felt, had been participating, this girl is acting this way because she feels
had been expressed insecure after her parents’ divorce?
C) has been coined, have felt, have B) How would you feel if your father and I were
participated, expressed divorced? Do you think it would change your
D) was coined, felt, were participating, had behaviour at school?
been expressed C) I think you should try to stay away from her
E) was coined, felt, participated, was expressed for a while until her behaviour improves.
D) Why isn’t your teacher involved in trying to
sort all of this out?
E) What if I call her mother and talk to her?
Would that help?