Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. Don't leave now. It ................................
The present continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that is going on at the moment of speaking.
2. I will not go unless they ................................ me.
3. Do you know who .................................?
4. What she did next ............................. us all.
5. By the time you reach her house, she .................................. to work.
The future perfect is used to say that an action or situation will be complete at a particular point of time in the future.
6. What ................................... at that time?
7. She ............................. jobless for several months.
8. He never .............................. home without his phone.
The simple present is used to talk about habits, routines, likes, dislikes etc.
9. I ............................ of writing a novel.
10. He .............................. at 100 miles/hour when he met with the accident.
11. His father ............................. before he was born.
12. There is no light in their room. They ............................... to bed.
Answers
1. Don’t leave now. It is raining.
2. I will not go unless they invite me.
3. Do you know who I am?
4. What she did next shocked us all.
5. By the time you reach her house, she will have gone to work.
6. What were you doing at that time?
7. She has been jobless for several months.
8. He never leaves home without his phone.
9. I am thinking of writing a novel.
10. He had been driving at 100 miles/hour when he met with the accident.
11. His father had died before he was born.
12. There is no light in their room. They will have gone to bed.
