Words you know: complete the sentences

plans · kids · smoke · parent · upbringing

• Many children today have a helicopter ____ who watches every move.
• Unlike strict households, they advocate for raising free-range ____ .
• She grew up in Chicago under a very strict ____ .
• Despite all our best-laid ____ , our travel plans failed completely.
• Because of the rainstorm, our weekend trip went up in ____ .

Remember: Verb + object + infinitive (let / make / help / allow / expect / encourage / persuade / enable)

• My landlord in New York wouldn't let me ___ a pet cat. [keep / to keep] .
• Our parents encouraged us ___ hard for our university exams. [study / to study] .
• She persuaded her roommate ___ half of the utility bill. [pay / to pay] .
• The cleaning rota helped us ___ the apartment organised. [keep / to keeping] .

Remember: The future in the past (was going to, was about to, would, was supposed to, was to)

• I was about ___ out when my flatmate arrived with groceries. [to go / going] .
• We were supposed ___ the kitchen on Tuesday, but we forgot. [clean / to clean] .
• She was going ___ her flatmate about the noise, but she lost her nerve. [to confront / confronting] .
• He knew that moving to Boston would ___ a huge challenge. [be / been] .

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