Fill in the blanks.
1. You will not pass the test ………………………. you work hard.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless means if not.
2. We have been living here …………………. six years.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use for to indicate duration.
3. He was accused ……………………. stealing.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. They …………………….. in the morning.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the simple past with a finished point of time.
5. He …………………….. in 2006.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the simple past with adverbs indicating finished time.
6. You will get well ……………………….. you take your medicine.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. The Prime Minister as well as his cabinet of ministers ……………………….. present at the meeting.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we connect two nouns with as well as, the verb agrees with the former in number and person.
8. I ………………………….. for his call since morning.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the present perfect continuous to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
9. The child ……………………….. since morning but no one realized it until afternoon.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. He ……………………… ill for six months before he died.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either was or had been is possible here.
11. When …………………… you finish the job yesterday?
Correct!
Wrong!
12. Yesterday …………………….. a holiday, I did a lot of sleeping.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- You will not pass the test unless you work hard.
- We have been living here for six years.
- He was accused of stealing.
- They arrived in the morning.
- He graduated in 2006.
- You will get well if you take your medicine.
- The Prime Minister as well as his cabinet of ministers was present at the meeting.
- I have been waiting for his call since morning.
- The child had been missing since morning but no one realized it until afternoon.
- He was / had been ill for six months before he died.
- When did you finish the job yesterday?
- Yesterday being a holiday, I did a lot of sleeping.
