Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. Both his parents …………………….. when he was sixteen.
Died is the past tense of die.
2. The doctors declared him ……………………….. on arrival.
Dead is an adjective. Died is a verb.
3. She ……………………….. in 2010.
The simple past is used when we say when something happened.
4. Whenever we meet we ……………………….. politics.
Discuss is one of those verbs that are not followed by a preposition.
5. If you have time, I will gladly ………………………… a visit.
The expression pay someone a visit is the standard.
6. She said that she had …………………………..
Paid is the past and past participle of pay.
7. I am looking forward ………………………….. from you.
We use to + ing form/noun after look/looking forward.
8. How intelligent ………………………..!
The inverted word order is used in exclamations.
9. Tell me what ………………………….. doing there.
The inverted word order is used in indirect questions.
10. You ……………………… give me my money back.
Had better is used to give strong advice or warnings.
11. If you went there, you …………………….. dead now.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
12. If you do that again, I ………………………… kill you.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in the main clause.
Answers
1. Both his parents died when he was sixteen.
2. The doctors declared him dead on arrival.
3. She graduated in 2010.
4. Whenever we meet we discuss politics.
5. If you have time, I will gladly pay you a visit.
6. She said that she had paid.
7. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
8. How intelligent she is!
9. Tell me what you were doing there.
10. You had better give me my money back.
11. If you went there, you would be dead now.
12. If you do that again, I will kill you.
