Fill in the blanks.
1. She came in the afternoon, …………………………..?
Affirmative statements in the simple past tense make question tags with didn't.
2. Politics ………………………. a dirty game.
Politics is a singular subject, so use is with it.
3. Economics …………………………….. quite boring.
Economics is a singular subject, so write is.
4. She doesn’t earn much. She just manages to get …………………………..
To get by is to survive on very little money.
5. Neither of these ideas ……………………………….. plausible.
Use a singular verb after neither.
6. He was here ……………………………. Monday to Wednesday.
7. She …………………………….. in Australia since she was a child.
The present perfect or the present perfect continuous can be used to express this idea.
8. ………………………….. of the applications was accepted.
Use a plural verb after some and all. Use a singular verb after none.
9. Excuse the mess. The walls …………………………………..
The walls cannot paint themselves. Somebody is painting them. Hence, a passive verb is required here.
10. Let’s …………………………….. your plans.
Discuss does not take a preposition with it.
11. She ………………………………. yet.
The present perfect is commonly used with yet.
12. If you hadn’t called the police, everything …………………………………. alright.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
Answers
- She came in the afternoon, didn’t she?
- Politics is a dirty game.
- Economics is quite boring.
- She doesn’t earn much. She just manages to get by.
- Neither of these ideas seems plausible.
- He was here from Monday to Wednesday.
- She has lived / has been living in Australia since she was a child.
- None of the applications was accepted.
- Excuse the mess. The walls are being painted.
- Let’s discuss your plans.
- She hasn’t returned yet.
- If you hadn’t called the police, everything would have been alright.
