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Verb patterns, modals and agreement

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  1. The teacher told the students ______ talking.
  2. Seldom ______ such a remarkable performance.
  3. The decision was made without ______ anyone.
  4. It's high time we ______ the problem seriously.
  5. Both Nicos ______ his sister are studying medicine.
  6. Either the students or the teacher ______ responsible for the mistake.
  7. I'd like to introduce ______ to my colleagues.
  8. He doesn't earn ______ to afford a car.
  9. The suspect denied ______ anywhere near the scene of the crime.
  10. Rarely ______ so many errors in a single page of a professional report.
  11. She has been working here ______ 2019.
  12. The police ______ still investigating the robbery.
  13. The teacher, together with her students, ______ visiting the museum tomorrow.
  14. I'd rather ______ at home than go to the party.
  15. She was accused ______ the money from the company's account.
  16. She would have accepted the offer had she ______ about the salary earlier.
  17. Not having been invited, ______.
  18. The proposal was rejected, ______ surprised nobody.
  19. Such was the force of the explosion ______ windows shattered a mile away.
  20. No sooner had the speaker finished ______ the audience began to applaud.
  21. So absorbed ______ in the book that she missed her stop.
  22. Only by working together ______ solve this problem.

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