Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form.
1I ............... up several times in the night.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "woke" for a completed past event.
2My mother ............... delicious meals.
Wrong!
Use the present simple third-person singular form "cooks" for a regular habit or general fact.
3She ............... the answer.
Wrong!
Use the present simple negative form "does not know" with a third-person singular subject.
4The boys ............... in the garden when it started raining.
Wrong!
Use the past continuous "were playing" for an action in progress when another past action happened.
5I ............... for him.
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "am waiting" for an action happening now.
6I ............... the parcel yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "received" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
7I ............... that movie three times.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "have watched" for life experience up to now.
8Goats and cows ............... us milk.
Wrong!
Use the plural present simple form "give" with the plural subject "goats and cows".
9Cows ............... on grass.
Wrong!
Use the plural present simple form "feed" for a general fact.
10I ............... for his call since yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect continuous "have been waiting" for an action continuing from the past until now.
11I ............... all the books written by Dickens.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "have read" to show completion up to now.
12She ............... in two films.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "has acted" for experience up to now.
13He ............... nice portraits.
Wrong!
Use the present simple third-person singular form "draws" for a regular ability or habit.
Done.
Score: 0/13
Answers
- I woke up several times in the night.
- My mother cooks delicious meals.
- She does not know the answer.
- The boys were playing in the garden when it started raining.
- I am waiting for him.
- I received the parcel yesterday.
- I have watched that movie three times.
- Goats and cows give us milk.
- Cows feed on grass.
- I have been waiting for his call since yesterday.
- I have read all the books written by Dickens.
- She has acted in two films.
- He draws nice portraits.
