Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verb given in the brackets.
1We usually go to Singapore for a holiday, but this year we ............... to Bangkok.
Wrong!
We use the past simple "went" for the finished trip this year.
2Heat expands and cold ...............
Wrong!
We use the present simple "contracts" for a general scientific fact.
3A good player ............... every day.
Wrong!
We use the present simple "practices" for a regular habit with a singular subject.
4John usually drinks coffee in the morning, but today he ............... tea.
Wrong!
We use the past simple "drank" for the different action completed today.
5The child ............... from pneumonia since last week.
Wrong!
We use the present perfect continuous "has been suffering" for an illness that began last week and continues now.
6He ............... a novel since last October, and he is about to finish it.
Wrong!
We use the present perfect continuous "has been writing" for an activity that began in the past and is still in progress.
7If he ............... hard, he will pass.
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We use the present simple "works" in the if-clause of a first conditional sentence.
8I ............... you if I had had money.
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We use "would have helped" in the main clause of a third conditional sentence.
9Time and tide ............... for no man.
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The proverb uses the present simple form "waits" with the compound subject treated as a fixed idea.
10By this time next year he ............... the construction of his house.
Wrong!
We use the future perfect "will have completed" for an action finished before a future time.
Answers
- We usually go to Singapore for a holiday, but this year we went to Bangkok.
- Heat expands and cold contracts.
- A good player practices every day.
- John usually drinks coffee in the morning, but today he drank tea.
- The child has been suffering from pneumonia since last week.
- He has been writing a novel since last October, and he is about to finish it.
- If he works hard, he will pass.
- I would have helped you if I had had money.
- Time and tide waits for no man.
- By this time next year he will have completed the construction of his house.
