Fill in the blanks.
1He ............... a song at the party.
Wrong!
Use the simple past form "sang" for a finished action at the party.
2I ............... a letter yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "wrote" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
3Why don’t you ............... me?
Wrong!
Before the object "me", the correct verb phrase is "listen to".
4Always ............... the truth.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "speak" when we tell someone to be truthful.
5He ............... to me since the last meeting.
Wrong!
Use "has not spoken" with "since" to describe a period continuing up to now.
6They ............... the whole matter.
Wrong!
The verb "discussed" takes a direct object without a preposition.
7He lost the watch shortly after he ............... it.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "bought" and "had bought" can refer to the earlier past action here.
8We ............... tennis every day.
Wrong!
Use "play" for a routine with "every day" and the subject "we".
9The quality of the mangoes we bought ............... not good.
Wrong!
The singular subject "quality" takes the verb "was".
10One of my sisters ............... abroad.
Wrong!
The subject "one" is singular, so the correct verb is "lives".
11Neither of them ............... here at the moment.
Wrong!
The singular pronoun "neither" takes the verb "is" here.
12More than one ............... absent today.
Wrong!
The expression "More than one" is followed by the singular form "student is".
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- He sang a song at the party.
- I wrote a letter yesterday.
- Why don’t you listen to me?
- Always speak the truth.
- He has not spoken to me since the last meeting.
- They discussed the whole matter.
- He lost the watch shortly after he bought / had bought it.
- We play tennis every day.
- The quality of the mangoes we bought was not good.
- One of my sisters lives abroad.
- Neither of them is here at the moment.
- More than one student is absent today.