Question

Помогите выбрать правильный вариант: 1.Steve suddenly woke up. Someone shook / was shaking his shoulder. 2.By the end of the / a war, more than 186,000 black soldiers had joined / joined the Union army. 3.The / an official language of Sweden isSwiss / Swedish. 4.0 / the children were allowed to doanything / something they liked on Sunday. 5.They were having / had a quarrel every time they met. 6.The / a station master helped us buy the / a ticket, butthe / a train had already left / already left. 7.Would you like any / some more pasta and salad? — No more, thanks. I’m quite full. 8.Jim walked / was walking when he noticed a / the car coming down a / the road. 9.I’ve seldom had any / some problems with my PC since I bought it three years ago. 10.Alex fell in love with Michelle about six months ago though they knew / had known each other for three years. 11.The Scottish / Scots Parliament is the / a democratically elected body comprising 129 members. 12.By the time they met they were / had been both experienced and effective officers. 13.The 17th century was the great age of Holland / Dutch painting. 14.Julia looked thin and hungry because she was / had been working out and dieting. 15.The Danes / the Danish refused to surrender and the British / Britons’ fleet started a four-day bombardment of Copenhagen on September 2, 1807. 16.We had been walking / had walked ten miles inthe / a rain since an early breakfast and we were starving. 17.I hadn’t slept / hadn’t been sleepingfor 27 hours and was exhausted. 18.As his experience was growing / grew, Collins devoted more time to arts study. 19.Helen’s husband is a Polish / Pole. 20.If you find some / any incorrect information, please send the / an email to the operator.

Answer 1

1)was shaking

2)the/had joined

3)the/Swedish

4)0/anything

5)having

6)the/a/the/had already left

7)any

8)was walking/the/a

9)some

10)knew

11)Scottish/the

12)were

13)Dutch

14)had been

15)Danish/British

16)Had been/the

17)hadn't beeing sleeping

18)growing

19)Pole

20)any/an

Answer 2

Sure, I'll help you choose the correct options for each sentence:

1. Steve suddenly woke up. Someone shook his shoulder. (Both options are grammatically possible, but "shook" is more commonly used in this context.)

2. By the end of the war, more than 186,000 black soldiers had joined the Union army.

3. The official language of Sweden is Swedish.

4. The children were allowed to do anything they liked on Sunday.

5. They were having a quarrel every time they met.

6. The station master helped us buy a ticket, but the train had already left.

7. Would you like some more pasta and salad? — No more, thanks. I’m quite full.

8. Jim was walking when he noticed a car coming down the road.

9. I’ve seldom had any problems with my PC since I bought it three years ago.

10. Alex fell in love with Michelle about six months ago though they had known each other for three years.

11. The Scottish Parliament is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members.

12. By the time they met they were both experienced and effective officers.

13. The 17th century was the great age of Dutch painting.

14. Julia looked thin and hungry because she had been working out and dieting.

15. The Danes refused to surrender and the British fleet started a four-day bombardment of Copenhagen on September 2, 1807.

16. We had been walking ten miles in the rain since an early breakfast, and we were starving.

17. I hadn’t slept for 27 hours and was exhausted. (Both options are possible, but "hadn't slept" is more common in this context.)

18. As his experience grew, Collins devoted more time to arts study.

19. Helen’s husband is Polish.

20. If you find any incorrect information, please send an email to the operator. (Both options are possible, but "an email" sounds more natural.)