Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1What have you been doing since we last ...............?
Wrong!
Use "met" because "since" refers back to a finished point in the past.
2Where is the book that I ............... you? What did you do with it?
Wrong!
Use the past simple "lent" for a finished past action; the follow-up question "What did you do with it?" also refers to that past time.
3I heard them ............... in the other room.
Wrong!
Use "talking" after "heard them" to show an action in progress.
4As I watched, she ...............
Wrong!
Use "got into her car and drove away" for two completed actions in sequence.
5The building ............... in a few months.
Wrong!
Use "was completed" because the building received the action in the past.
6I ............... myself when I touched that hot vessel.
Wrong!
Use "burnt" for a completed action at a specific past time.
7How many plays ............... Shakespeare write?
Wrong!
Use "did" because Shakespeare's writing belongs to a finished historical period.
8He lives in Bangalore. He ............... in Bangalore for seven years.
Wrong!
Use "has been living" for an action that began in the past and continues now.
9When I phoned her, she ............... not at home. She was at her mother's house.
Wrong!
Use "was" for her location at the specific past time when you phoned.
10When we were driving down the road, we saw a car that ............... down.
Wrong!
Use "had broken" because the breakdown happened before we saw the car.
11I met him a few days ago. He ............... just returned from his native place.
Wrong!
Use "had" because his return happened before the past time when you met him.
12This morning I went to her house and rang the doorbell. There was no answer. She ...............
Wrong!
Use "had gone out" because she left before you rang the doorbell.
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- What have you been doing since we last met?
- Where is the book that I lent you? What did you do with it?
- I heard them talking in the other room.
- As I watched, she got into her car and drove away.
- The building was completed in a few months.
- I burnt myself when I touched that hot vessel.
- How many plays did Shakespeare write?
- He lives in Bangalore. He has been living in Bangalore for seven years.
- When I phoned her, she was not at home. She was at her mother’s house.
- When we were driving down the road, we saw a car that had broken down.
- I met him a few days ago. He had just returned from his native place.
- This morning I went to her house and rang the doorbell. There was no answer. She had gone out.