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Gap Filling Tenses Exercise

March 12, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. He ……………………………………. absent since Monday.

Correct! Wrong!

Use the present perfect to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

2. Suddenly I realized that we ……………………………….. before.

Correct! Wrong!

The past perfect is used to talk about the earlier of the two past actions.

3. I ………………………………… my homework before I went out to play.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Either the simple past or the past perfect is possible here.

4. She said that she ………………………………… the letter.

Correct! Wrong!

A present perfect in the direct speech becomes past perfect in the indirect speech.

5. The train …………………………………. before we reached the station.

Correct! Wrong!

The past perfect is used for the earlier of the two past actions.

6. He ………………………………. the watch shortly after he …………………………….. it.

Correct! Wrong!

7. When I reached his house, I found that he ………………………………..

Correct! Wrong!

8. He started shouting before I …………………………… a word.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Either the simple past or past perfect can be used here

9. She ……………………………… as a nurse for well over three decades.

Correct! Wrong!

10. He ……………………………….. at the gate for a long time.

Correct! Wrong!

11. It ………………………………….. 40 minutes by train.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the simple present tense to talk about facts.

12. I cannot let ……………………………… of him.

Correct! Wrong!

Let is followed by an infinitive without to.

Answers

  1. He has been absent since Monday.
  2. Suddenly I realized that we had met before.
  3. I finished / had finished my homework before I went out to play.
  4. She said that she had posted the letter.
  5. The train had left before we reached the station.
  6. He lost the watch shortly after he had bought it.
  7. When I reached his house, I found that he had already gone.
  8. He started shouting before I had said a word.
  9. She has been working as a nurse for well over three decades.
  10. He has been working at the gate for a long time.
  11. It takes 40 minutes by train.
  12. I cannot let go of him.
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