Fill in the blanks.
1. You will have an accident if you ………………. on driving like that.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
2. ‘The door bell is ringing.’ ‘I …………………..’
The simple future is used to announce decisions that are taken at the moment of speaking.
3. I ………………… my parents next week.
The present continuous is used to talk about pre-planned future events.
4. Will it be all right if I …………………….. an extra night?
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
5. She didn’t get the promotion ………………………. working hard.
Before an ing form we use a preposition. In spite of is a preposition.
6. The deer was ……………………. by a car.
Stricken is the past participle of strike.
7. Those who know the answer should …………………… their hand.
Raise is transitive; rise is intransitive.
8. Much water has ………………….. under the bridge.
Flown is the past participle is fly. Flowed is the past participle of flow.
9. I had met him before he ……………………. to Germany.
Flew is the past participle of fly.
10. The ……………………. men were taken to hospital.
Wounded means injured.
11. She got married ……………………… her colleague.
12. When I reached there, I could see that they …………………..
The past perfect is used for the earlier of the two past actions.
Answers
1. You will have an accident if you go on driving like that.
2. ‘The door bell is ringing.’ ‘I will go.’
3. I am visiting my parents next week.
4. Will it be all right if I stay an extra night?
5. She didn’t get the promotion in spite of working hard.
6. The deer was stricken by a car.
7. Those who know the answer should raise their hand.
8. Much water has flowed under the bridge.
9. I had met him before he flew to Germany.
10. The wounded men were taken to hospital.
11. She got married to her colleague.
12. When I reached there, I could see that they had left.
