To G or Not To G
P1: It's hard to learn how to cook.
P2: I agree. ____________ is hard!
A. To cooking
B. To cook
C. Cooking
C. Cooking
Gerunds can be subjects/nouns
Action (cook) to activity (cooking)
P1:______people care about the cost of education?
P2: Yes, ________.
A. Could / we can
B. Can / he could
C. Must / we may
D. Should / they should
D. Should / they should
Use "should" for advising/recommending. People = they
The number of COVID cases __________ right now.
A. is shrinking
B. are shrinking
C. shrinking
A. is shrinking
Present Progressive because "right now"
and "is" because the number is singular (and that is the subject of the sentence, not "of COVID cases")
___ you _____? I've just made Italian three meat lasagna.
A. Have / ate
B. Have / eaten
C. Have / eating
D. Have / to eat
B. Have / eaten
"eaten" is the third column form - eat, ate, eaten
Why did you go there?
A. To check it out.
B. Checking it out.
C. To checking it out.
A. To check it out
Infinitives (to verb) answer "why" questions, questions are the purpose of doing something.
The longer form is: in order to (check it out).
The kangaroos _____ be supervised (or watched by people) during feeding. They ____ hurt each other!
A. must / must not
B. can / can't
C. might / might not
D. will / won't
A. must / must not
Must and must not (or mustn't) because it is strong need
Nursing and Hospitality ________ very popular at UNLV.
A. be
B. are
C. are being
D. being
B. are
This is a general statement/fact/opinion. Therefore, we use simple present verb tense.
Tibin ______________ a real live tiger. He watches Youtube videos of them regularly.
A. has ever seen
B. has never saw
C. hasn't never seen
D. has never seen
D. has never seen
(correct form for negative sentences)
could also say "hasn't ever seen"
Tibin decided _________ early.
A. not to come
B. to not come
C. not coming
A. not to come
In the US, you ______ 21 years old to drink alcohol, but in other countries, you only _____ 18 or 19 years old.
A. must to / have to
B. must to be / have to be
C. must be / has to be
D. must be / have to be
D. must be / have to be
A. "must to" is always wrong
B. "must to be" is also not possible
C. you "have" to be (not "has to be")
D." must be" and then "have to be" = right
Who are you _____ with? I've never seen her before.
A. eat
B. eats
C. ate
D. eating
D. eating
The time is now and you can see the helping verb "are" which together means = present continuous/ progressive
Lynn has studied hard all semester so far. It is not surprising because she _____ always __________ a good student (and troublemaker!).
A. was / been
B. is / being
C. has / been
D. have / been
C. has / been
past to now = present perfect = has always been
P1: Why is Aura late?
P2: She stopped __________ some pizza for class, yay! :-)
A. to buy
B. buying
A. to buy
Stop can be followed by both G or I, but the meaning changes. If we are happy, it must be because she really stopped to buy the pizza, NOT because she stopped (or quit) buying pizza for us (which would be sad...)
Coco ______ her slideshow in class tomorrow because she _______ barely ______ due to a bad cold.
A. might not speak / could / talk
B. might not speak / couldn't / talk
C. might not to speak / couldn't / talk
D. might not speak / could / talking
A. might not speak / could / talk
The biggest question is probably "could" or "couldn't" barely talk.
Could barely talk = almost couldn't talk at all
So, "could" is correct.
Who ________ up the stairs with Lynn?
A. are walking
B. is walking
C. walking
D. is she walking
B. is walking
By itself, "who" is singular, so it is the same as "he/she/it" and needs "is" before walking. Again, the time is now = present continuous/progressive.
___________ a good pizza restaurant after searching ________ six years!
A. Gavin's finally found / since
B. Gavin's found finally / for
C. Gavin's finally find / since
D. Gavin's finally found / for
D. Gavin's finally found / for
P1: I'll never forget _______ my advisor before a new semester starts again!
P2: Yeah. It is smart to get someone to check that you are taking the right classes.
A: visiting
B: to visit
B. to visit
"forget" can be followed by a G or I but the meaning is different.
G (visiting) is because the memory is strong/ important/memorable
I (to visit) is because it is a task/job that needs doing - like visiting your advisor
Aura and Coco _______ nervous. It _______ the tennis tournament will be a crucial one for the team's success.
A. seem / sound like
B. seems / sound like
C. seem / sounds like
D. seems / sounds like
C. seem / sounds like
This is about subject/verb agreement:
Aura and Coco = they, so "seem"
It = it, so soundS like (with an "s" for he/she/it)
Is Gavin enjoying his vacation?
A. Yes, he has a good time.
B. Yes, he is having a good time.
C. Yes, he has had a good time.
B. Yes, he is having a good time.
You should use present progressive/continuous here, if possible, because it is right now. "Have" as in "I have a son/car/dog/etc" canNOT be made into a continuous tense BUT "have an experience" can be made into a continuous tense.
Aura _________ tennis _________ 2010.
A. has played / for
B. has played / since
C/ plays / for
D. plays / since
B. has played / since
"has played" because past until now, so present perfect
"since" start date/time (2010)
**Aura, sorry! I have no idea when you started playing tennis ** Just an example :-)