Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1Don't leave now. It ...............
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "is raining" for something happening now.
2I will not go unless they ............... me.
Wrong!
Use the simple present "invite" after "unless" to refer to a future condition.
3Do you know who ...............?
Wrong!
Use statement word order in an indirect question, so the correct form is "I am".
4What she did next ............... us all.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "shocked" for a completed past action in a narrative.
5By the time you reach her house, she ............... to work.
Wrong!
Use the future perfect "will have gone" for an action completed before a future time.
6What ............... at that time?
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Use the past continuous "were you doing" for an action in progress at a specific past time.
7She ............... jobless for several months.
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Use the present perfect "has been" for a state that began in the past and continues now.
8He never ............... home without his phone.
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Use the simple present "leaves" for a regular habit with "never".
9At the moment, I ............... of writing a novel.
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Use the present continuous "am thinking" for a plan or idea being considered now.
10He ............... at 100 miles per hour when he had the accident.
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Use the past perfect continuous "had been driving" for an action in progress before another past event.
11His father ............... before he was born.
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Use the past perfect "had died" for an event that happened before another past event.
12There is no light in their room. They ............... to bed.
Wrong!
Use "will have gone" to make a confident deduction about something already completed.
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Answers
- Don’t leave now. It is raining.
- I will not go unless they invite me.
- Do you know who I am?
- What she did next shocked us all.
- By the time you reach her house, she will have gone to work.
- What were you doing at that time?
- She has been jobless for several months.
- He never leaves home without his phone.
- At the moment, I am thinking of writing a novel.
- He had been driving at 100 miles per hour when he had the accident.
- His father had died before he was born.
- There is no light in their room. They will have gone to bed.