Say It Better!
She _______ _______ seen the message — it showed as read.
must have
One student described going to Everland as "a kind of _______."
labor
"She _______ _______ visited her daughter." (We're not sure — it's possible.)
might / may / could + have
"The second to last." One word.
penultimate
Which verb implies the speaker is being fair and drawing attention to something true — "claimed," "pointed out," or "refused to say"?
pointed out
"If I would abandoned my phone, how could I live?"
What is the correct version?
If I abandoned my phone, how could I live?
A student described this as what you do when you ride a bike built for two people.
a tandem bike
"She _______ _______ been absent without telling us." (This was wrong of her.)
shouldn't have
"I felt _______ when I saw the empty apartment prices."
despair
Report this with "admitted":
"The package may not be enough for everyone."
She admitted (that) the package might not be enough for everyone.
Complete with the correct form:
"I wish I _______ more languages when I was young."
had learned
(past regret — past perfect after "I wish")
One student said her eye did this after a blood vessel broke. Two possible words.
burst / popped ("a blood vessel in my eye burst")
"If the World Wide Web _______ _______ free, Berners-Lee _______ _______ been one of the richest people in the world."
hadn't been
might / could / would + have
"A _______ is a secret bar that operated during Prohibition in 1920s America."
speakeasy
"She _______ to say whether the package was sufficient." Which verb implies evasion?
refused
"It's time the government _______ something about housing prices."
What is the correct verb form after "it's time"?
did
(past simple — "It's time + subject + past simple")
"I took a _______ to study in grad school."
What is the missing word for planned time off work?
sabbatical
"If better healthcare _______ offered, I _______ think of living there."
were / would
"The resources were _______" — this word means rare and hard to find.
scarce
What is the difference between "she admitted" and "she acknowledged"?
"admitted" implies reluctantly accepting something negative; "acknowledged" is less loaded — simply recognizing something
Which is correct, and why?
A: "I'd rather to stay home."
B: "I'd rather stay home."
B — no "to" after "I'd rather"; it takes a bare infinitive
"You see as much as you _______."
know
"It _______ _______ been your Korean." Which modal makes this a near-certain NEGATIVE deduction?
can't have
"She went _______ in the forest, collecting wild vegetables." One word.
foraging
"She _______ that critics were being unrealistic." Which verb — "warned," "insisted," or "explained" — implies she was forceful but possibly wrong?
insisted