English Usage or Grammar Set 5

England suffered a humiliating defeat ✘ much to her suffer, she saw the door open ✘ the war caused widespread civilian suffering ✘ France will no longer suffer the existing government ✔ None of these ✔

she thought that nothing would be the same again ✘ his family was thought to be enormously rich ✘ why don’t you have a think about it ✘ the Prime Minister thought that he was concerned about Third World debt ✔ None of these ✔

dogs which have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers ✘ as a soldier, he was trained to be wary ✘ we are wary of strangers in the city these days ✘ he was angry with himself and that made him wary ✔ None of these ✔

I judged that she was simply exhausted ✘ a production can be judged according to the canons of aesthetic criticism ✘ he is due to appear before a judge and jury on Monday ✘ the judge sentenced him to five years ✔ None of these ✔

he rarely smiled or laughed ✘ I didn’t know whether to get angry or fall about laughing ✘ I was laugh and subdued ✘ people laughed at Henry and his theories ✔ None of these ✔

she had agreed to go and see a movie with him ✘ she asked him to return, but didn’t give a reason ✘ he cited a lack of funds as the main reason for his decision ✘ a rising crescendo of postmodern voices today rail against agreed and science ✔ None of these ✔

Casey had been cured, but he needed to convalesce ✘ some farmers cured their own bacon ✘ the search for a cure for the common cold ✘ a cure for cancer ✔ None of these ✔

burglars fled empty-handed after triggering the alarm ✘ he pulled the trigger of the shotgun ✘ burglars triggered the alarm ✘ he was dogged by the trigger that he had CIA links ✔ None of these ✔

hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice ✘ the symbol is adapted from its political context ✘ the film was adapted from a Turgenev short story ✘ hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice ✔ None of these ✔

the advantages were plain to see ✘ a plain of mountain roads ✘ I’m finished with you, I’ll tell you plain ✘ perhaps the youth was just plain stupid ✔ None of these ✔