Intermediate Quiz 13

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1. He _____ his leg in an accident.
lose
loss
lost
 
Answer:
He (lost) his leg in an accident.
 
Lose is:
  • a verb
 
Loss is:
  • a noun
 
Lost is:
  • a verb (past simple, past participle)
  • an adjective
 
The sentence lacks a verb.
 
The verbs in the choices are:
  • lose (base form)
  • lost (past simple, past participle)
 
The corect verb for the sentence is lost (past simple).
 
He (lost) his leg in an accident.
 
This is a sentence using the past simple tense:
Subject + past simple
 
The event of losing the leg happened in the past.
 
2. He’s _____ a lot of blood.
lose
loss
lost
 
Answer:
He’s (lost) a lot of blood.
 
He’s can be:
  • he is, or
  • he has
 
The correct word for the sentence is lost (past participle).
 
He’s (lost) a lot of blood.
= He has lost a lot of blood.
 
This is a sentence using the present perfect tense:
Subject + have/has + past participle
 
The sentence expresses an action that happened in the past and the effect is felt in the present.
 
3. We need to work faster to make up for _____ time.
lose
loss
lost
 
Answer:
We need to work faster to make up for (lost) time.
 
Time is a noun and can be described by adjectives.
 
Lost is an adjective that can mean no longer available.
 
lost time
= time that is no longer available
 
We need to work faster to make up for lost time.
= We need to work faster because we did not get enough of the work done before now.
 
4. Weight _____ should be gradual.
lose
loss
lost
 
Answer:
Weight (loss) should be gradual.
 
The sentence need a complete subject.
A sentence subject can be:
  • a noun
  • a pronoun
  • a noun phrase
  • a noun clause
  • a gerund
  • an infinitive
 
The correct word for the sentence is the noun loss.
 
Weight (loss) should be gradual.
weight loss
= noun phrase
= the loss of weight
= the process of losing weight
 
5. It’s a terrible thing to _____ someone very close to you.
lose
loss
lost
 
Answer:
It’s a terrible thing to (lose) someone very close to you.
 
To can be:
  • an infinitive marker (followed by a base form)
  • a preposition (followed by a noun)
 
The correct word for the sentence is the verb lose.
Lose is a verb that means to experience or suffer the death of someone.
 
It’s a terrible thing to (lose) someone very close to you.
= It’s a terrible thing to experience the death of someone very close to you.
 
Someone is the object of the verb lose in this sentence.
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