Basic English Sentence Patterns

Answers 
 
Exercise 5 
15. learn, make 
16. refers, is 
17. has, houses, worship, hold, talk 
18. is, go, burn, offer 
19. means, use, live 
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Exercise 6 
The following sentences are taken from Understanding Integrated Science for 21
st
 
Century Book 1A published by Aristo Educational Press Limited. 
 
Fill in the blanks with the simple present form of the verbs in brackets. 
e.g. A baby is helpless and needs parental care. (be, need) 
1. 
Scientists __________out experiments in laboratories. A laboratory 
____________a lot of apparatus and equipment. (carry, provide) 
2. 
Most of the time a detective _____________some materials from the scene and 
_____________them to the laboratory for analysis. (collect, send) 
3. 
No one _____________exactly how many different kinds of living things 
______________on Earth today. (know, exist) 
4. 
Life _____________ when a sperm __________ ovum. The sperms 
____________up the uterus to the oviduct. (begin, meet, swim) 
5. 
When a person _____________puberty, he or she ____________sexual maturity. 
(reach, reach) 
6. 
The lining of the uterus ____________down and a small amount of blood and 
cells _____________out through the vagina. (break, pass) 
7. 
If pregnancy_____________, the lining of the uterus ___________thick and -
______________down. (occur, stay, not break) 
8. 
The menstrual cycle _____________usually about 28 days, but it 
___________in different women.(be, vary) 
9. 
If you _______________abortion as the solution when you _____________a 
pregnant, __________you ___________the serious effects of abortion? (choose, 
get, know) 
10. Some __________ sex as something casual and ____________much attention to 
the consequences which might be very serious. (take, not pay) 
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