Question

Fill in each blank by putting the word (given in brackets) into the correct form : (10) (i) If the conditions ------------- (be) better, I would have gone on a holiday. (ii) If you ------------- (own) your own business, would you be more conservative ? (iii) When that bill ------------- (become) law, it will increase the price of a new car. (iv) Due to the company’s ------------- (fail) workers------------- (lose) their jobs. (v) If you ------------- (put) a monkey in a room with a type writer, ------------- (will) it eventually write. Shakespeare’s Hamlet ? (vi) The train did not ------------- (arrive) on time. (vii) The majority ------------- (believe) in him. (viii) He plays the piano ------------- (good) than I.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) If the conditions were (be) better, I would have gone on a holiday.

(ii) If you owned (own) your own business, would you be more conservative?

(iii) When that bill becomes (become) law, it will increase the price of a new car.

(iv) Due to the company’s failure (fail) workers will lose (lose) their jobs.

(v) If you put (put) a monkey in a room with a typewriter, will (will) it eventually write Shakespeare’s Hamlet?

(vi) The train did not arrive (arrive) on time.

(vii) The majority believed (believe) in him.

(viii) He plays the piano better (good) than I.​