Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets.
1I told him why I ............... that.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "did" because the action happened before the past reporting verb.
2The teacher asked the boys whether they ............... the problems.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect "had solved" for an earlier action reported after a past verb.
3I will go home during the vacation, so I ............... my brother then.
Wrong!
Use "will see" for a future result connected with the future trip.
4Although they ............... in the final, they did not lose heart.
Wrong!
Use the passive form "were defeated" because the subject received the action.
5Our teacher taught us that virtue ............... its own reward.
Wrong!
Use "is" because general truths normally stay in the present tense.
6Our holy books tell us that man ............... mortal.
Wrong!
Use "is" because the sentence states a general truth.
7Just as I entered the room, the bell ............... loudly.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "rang" for a completed past event.
8I will break your neck if you ............... that again.
Wrong!
Use the present simple "do" in the if-clause of a first conditional sentence.
9This is the house where James ............... every summer.
Wrong!
Use "lives" because a singular third-person subject needs the -s form in the present simple.
10He declared that he ............... it even if he saw it with his own eyes.
Wrong!
Use "would not believe" to report a future-in-the-past statement after a past reporting verb.
Answers
- I told him why I did that.
- The teacher asked the boys whether they had solved the problems.
- I will go home during the vacation, so I will see my brother then.
- Although they were defeated in the final, they did not lose heart.
- Our teacher taught us that virtue is its own reward.
- Our holy books tell us that man is mortal.
- Just as I entered the room, the bell rang loudly.
- I will break your neck if you do that again.
- This is the house where James lives every summer.
- He declared that he would not believe it even if he saw it with his own eyes.
