Fill in the blanks.
1............... your shoes off.
Wrong!
Use the base verb "Take" for an imperative instruction.
2She ............... younger than her elder sister.
Wrong!
Use "looks" for a present simple fact with the singular subject she.
3How did you ............... then?
Wrong!
After did, use the base verb "react".
4............... forget to close the door when you leave.
Wrong!
Use "Don't" to make a negative imperative.
5The cop asked him what he ............... doing there.
Wrong!
In reported speech after asked, "was" is the correct past form for he.
6I ............... my mother every day.
Wrong!
Use "call" for a present simple habit with the subject I.
7The cat ............... her litter.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "has had" with the singular subject "the cat" to give recent news.
8They ............... by now.
Wrong!
Use "will have left" to show an action completed before now as a deduction.
9If we do not take precautions, we ............... in trouble.
Wrong!
In a first conditional main clause, use "will be".
10I ............... her since our school days.
Wrong!
Use "have known" with since for a situation continuing until now.
11Somebody wanted a drink, ...............?
Wrong!
After positive somebody wanted, the correct tag is "didn't they".
12I would rather you ............... talking to her.
Wrong!
After would rather you, use the past form "stopped" for a present preference.
Exercise complete
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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.