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Practice your verbs: Here is a link to our irregular verb list.
Conjugate the verbs. Watch out for the passive!
Johannesburg, South Africa (1)....................................................(BE) one of Africa’s top cities in business and wealth. Its financial area (2)....................................................(CALL/OFTEN) the richest square mile on the continent. As its wealth (3)....................................................(INCREASE) so (4)....................................................(AUXILIARY) the tastes of its residents. Right now, demand (5)....................................................(RISE) in Johannesburg for Kobe beef. Top cooks and professional meat cutters (6)....................................................(SAY) it is the best beef in the world. It (7).........................................(BE) definitely the most costly. The beef (8).....................................(COME) from Wagyu cattle in Japan’s Kobe region. The beef’s fat content (9)......................................(MAKE) it rich and melt-in-your-mouth tender.
In the following exercise, the verb is not repeated, but the auxiliary is used instead. The word order changes too. Complete with the correct auxiliary.
Conjugate the verbs. Watch out for the passive!
Johannesburg, South Africa (1)....................................................(BE) one of Africa’s top cities in business and wealth. Its financial area (2)....................................................(CALL/OFTEN) the richest square mile on the continent. As its wealth (3)....................................................(INCREASE) so (4)....................................................(AUXILIARY) the tastes of its residents. Right now, demand (5)....................................................(RISE) in Johannesburg for Kobe beef. Top cooks and professional meat cutters (6)....................................................(SAY) it is the best beef in the world. It (7).........................................(BE) definitely the most costly. The beef (8).....................................(COME) from Wagyu cattle in Japan’s Kobe region. The beef’s fat content (9)......................................(MAKE) it rich and melt-in-your-mouth tender.
In the following exercise, the verb is not repeated, but the auxiliary is used instead. The word order changes too. Complete with the correct auxiliary.
- The butcher slices the beef, and so …...................... his apprentice.
- When gold went up on the stock market, so …......................... silver.
- My mother is learning French, and so …......................... my father.
- Jack could work a lot harder, and so …......................... Mary.
- Many jobs in technology didn't exist when I was young. Neither …......................... the Internet.
- Fred loves folk music. So …......................... his brother.
- Cyclists shouldn't break the speed limits on hills. Neither …......................... they go through a red traffic light.
- When prices increase, so …......................... interest rates.
- The English probably won't vote to leave Europe. Neither …......................... the Scots.
- The British Isles are visited by thousands of tourists each year. So …..................... France.
- I have lost the right to vote in the UK. So …..................... my husband
- I never voted for Margaret Thatcher. Neither …..................... my husband.
- I am still angry about what she did to the UK. So …..................... my husband.
- We shall overcome. So …..................... they.