Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. (Make any grammatical change if necessary):-
possible religion positive discourage tie yet waste allow circular safe recruit though
To encourage female education, the government has taken some (a)---steps such as giving stipends to girl students, (b)---more female teachers, etc. (c)--- girls cannot receive the full benefit of education mainly because of the following reasons. (d)--- misinterpretation and social structures (e)---girls from going to schools. Even in (f)--- urban schools girls are not (g)--- by many parents to live in hostels for their daughters' Early marriage and childbirth make women (h)---to home with no (i) ---of going back to school. Any expenditure for sending girls to school is considered a (j)--- by many parents whereas it is regarded as an investment in case of boys.
| possible | religion | positive | discourage | tie | yet |
| waste | allow | circular | safe | recruit | though |
English
After help, we can use object + infinitive (with or without to).
| Can you help me (to) find my ring? (NOT | |
| Thank you so much for helping us (to) repair the car. | |
| Our main task is to help the company (to) become profitable. |
Help can also be followed directly by an infinitive without an object.
| Would you like to help pack? |
If you say that you cannot/can’t help doing something (especially in British English), you mean that you can’t stop yourself, even if you don’t want to do it.
| She’s a selfish woman, but somehow you can’t help liking her. | |
| Excuse me – I couldn’t help overhearing what you said. | |
| Sorry I broke the cup – I couldn’t help it. |
Can’t help can be followed by but + infinitive (without to), with the same meaning as can’t help verb + ing. This is common in American English.
| I can’t help but wonder what I should do next. |
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