Fill in the blanks.
1I still remember ............... on my first day at school.
Wrong!
After "remember" for a past memory, use the gerund "crying".
2Somebody must have taken my bag. I remember ............... it near the window.
Wrong!
After "remember" for a past action, use the gerund "leaving".
3I believe that what I said is right. I don't regret ............... that.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "regret" about a past action, both "saying" and "having said" are correct.
4Did I promise to help you? I don't remember ............... that.
Wrong!
After "remember" for a past statement, use the gerund "saying".
5Did you hear about Peter? He has ............... his job.
Wrong!
The present perfect needs the past participle "left" after "has".
6Who ............... the computer?
Wrong!
Use the past simple "invented" to ask about a completed historical action.
7Some fool has left the refrigerator door ...............
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After "leave" meaning keep in a state, the adjective "open" describes the door.
8Drugs ............... a major problem all over the world.
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Use the present perfect "have become" (plural, to agree with "drugs") for a change with a present result.
9Where ............... you born?
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The passive question about birth uses "were" with "born".
10The village where I ............... is not far from the city.
Wrong!
For a past birth, use the passive form "was born".
11I learnt German at school, but now I ............... most of it.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "have forgotten" for a past loss of knowledge that is true now.
12The police arrested three people but later ............... them to go.
Wrong!
The active past simple verb "allowed" agrees with the subject "the police".
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- I still remember crying on my first day at school.
- Somebody must have taken my bag. I remember leaving it near the window.
- I believe that what I said is right. I don’t regret saying / having said that.
- Did I promise to help you? I don’t remember saying that.
- Did you hear about Peter? He has left his job.
- Who invented the computer?
- Some fool has left the refrigerator door open
- Drugs have become a major problem all over the world.
- Where were you born?
- The village where I was born is not far from the city.
- I learnt German at school, but now I have forgotten most of it.
- The police arrested three people but later allowed them to go.