Fill in the blanks with the proper tense or form of the verb given in the brackets.
1Last year he ............... a prize for standing first in the quiz competition.
Wrong!
The past simple "won" is used for a completed event at a finished past time, "last year".
2Have you ............... my instructions?
Wrong!
The present perfect question needs the past participle "carried out" after "Have you".
3I ............... since morning.
Wrong!
The present perfect continuous "have been waiting" shows an action that started earlier and continues now.
4The box was so heavy that the boy ............... lift it.
Wrong!
The past ability form "could not" matches the past tense in "was so heavy".
5When I saw the child, he ...............
Wrong!
The past continuous "was crying" describes an action in progress when another past action happened.
6I ............... to my native place a week ago.
Wrong!
The past simple "went" is used with the finished-time phrase "a week ago".
7We got our roof ............... before the rainy season set in.
Wrong!
The causative structure "got our roof repaired" needs the past participle "repaired".
8Not one of them dreamt of doing what he never ............... to do.
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The past simple "attempted" matches the past-tense narration in the sentence.
9She ............... the railway station by the time the train came.
Wrong!
The past perfect "had reached" shows an action completed before another past time, "by the time the train came".
10I ............... school last year.
Wrong!
The past simple "left" is used with the finished-time phrase "last year".
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- Last year he won a prize for standing first in the quiz competition.
- Have you carried out my instructions?
- I have been waiting since morning.
- The box was so heavy that the boy could not lift it.
- When I saw the child, he was crying.
- I went to my native place a week ago.
- We got our roof repaired before the rainy season set in.
- Not one of them dreamt of doing what he never attempted to do.
- She had reached the railway station by the time the train came.
- I left school last year.