Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.
1Where ............... you live?
Wrong!
Use "do" to ask about someone's usual place of residence.
2I ............... with my uncle at the moment.
Wrong!
Use "am staying" for a temporary situation happening around now.
3He ............... in Bangkok.
Wrong!
Use "lives" for a usual or permanent place of residence.
4They performed well, ...............?
Wrong!
Use "didn't they" because an affirmative simple past statement takes a negative past tag.
5I ............... a strange experience yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "had" because "yesterday" refers to a finished time in the past.
6He ............... extensively in Africa.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "has traveled" or "traveled" because no specific finished time is stated.
7When I was younger, I ............... a lot.
Wrong!
Use "traveled" because "when I was younger" refers to a finished past time.
8She told me that she ............... leave early.
Wrong!
Use "might" as the backshifted form in reported speech.
9He limps as if his leg ............... .
Wrong!
Use "hurts" for a state that seems generally true in this situation.
10She always ............... white clothes.
Wrong!
Use "wears" with "always" to describe a regular habit.
11He ............... his father's murder.
Wrong!
Use "avenged" because we avenge a wrong, a death, or a person harmed by someone.
12I ............... well yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "didn't sleep" because "yesterday" refers to a finished past time.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Where do you live?
- I am staying with my uncle at the moment.
- He lives in Bangkok.
- They performed well, didn’t they?
- I had a strange experience yesterday.
- He has traveled / traveled extensively in Africa.
- When I was younger, I traveled a lot.
- She told me that she might leave early.
- He limps as if his leg hurts .
- She always wears white clothes.
- He avenged his father’s murder.
- I didn’t sleep well yesterday.
