Fill in the blanks.
1. ………………………… your shoes off.
The simple present is used in imperative sentence.
2. She ……………………………. younger than her elder sister.
We use the simple present to talk about facts.
3. How did you ………………………… then?
The infinitive without to is used after do, does and did.
4. ……………………… forget to close the door when you leave.
The simple present is used in imperative sentences. In imperatives the subject is you.
5. The cop asked him what he ………………………………… doing there.
When the verb in the main clause is in the past tense, we use a past tense in the subordinate clause as well.
6. I …………………………… my mother every day.
Use the simple present to talk about habits.
7. The cat ……………………………. her litter.
Has had is in the present perfect tense. The present perfect is used to give news.
8. They ………………………….. by now.
9. If we do not take precautions, we …………………………….. in trouble.
In the first conditional, use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
10. I ………………………………. her since our school days.
We use the present perfect to talk about life experiences up to now.
11. Somebody wanted a drink, …………………………….?
They is used in question tags after somebody, anybody, nobody.
12. I would rather you …………………………… talking to her.
The past tense is used in this construction.
Answers
- Take your shoes off.
- She looks younger than her elder sister.
- How did you react then?
- Don’t forget to close the door when you leave.
- The cop asked him what he was doing there.
- I call my mother every day.
- The cat has had her litter.
- They will have left by now.
- If we do not take precautions, we will be in trouble.
- I have known her since our school days.
- Somebody wanted a drink, didn’t they?
- I would rather you stopped talking to her.
