Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1Have you finished the job you ............... do?
Wrong!
Use the past form "had to" because the job was something necessary before it was finished.
2Where is the nearest shop that ............... cakes?
Wrong!
Use "sells" because the relative pronoun refers to the singular noun "shop".
3A dictionary is a book that ............... the meaning of words.
Wrong!
Use "gives" for a general fact or definition.
4The people who were arrested ............... .
Wrong!
Use "have been released" because the people received the action and the result is important now.
5The bus which ............... to the airport runs every half an hour.
Wrong!
Use "goes" for a regular timetable with the singular subject "bus".
6The driver who caused the accident ............... $200.
Wrong!
Use "was fined" because the driver received the fine.
7He ............... for a place to live.
Wrong!
Use "is looking" for an action happening around now.
8I am thinking of selling my car. Are you interested ............... it?
Wrong!
Use "in buying" after the adjective phrase "interested in".
9He says that he is 100 years old, but nobody ............... him.
Wrong!
Use "believes" because "nobody" takes a singular verb in the present simple.
10What ............... last weekend?
Wrong!
Use "did you do" with the finished past time expression "last weekend".
11They couldn't come because they ............... busy.
Wrong!
Use "were" because the reason refers to the same past time as "couldn't come".
12A bird ............... into my room through the open window.
Wrong!
Use "flew" as the past simple form of "fly".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Have you finished the job you had to do?
- Where is the nearest shop that sells cakes?
- A dictionary is a book that gives the meaning of words.
- The people who were arrested have been released.
- The bus which goes to the airport runs every half an hour.
- The driver who caused the accident was fined $200.
- He is looking for a place to live.
- I am thinking of selling my car. Are you interested in buying it?
- He says that he is 100 years old, but nobody believes him.
- What did you do last weekend?
- They couldn’t come because they were busy.
- A bird flew into my room through the open window.
