Fill in the blanks.
1. He asked us what ………………………. doing.
Correct!
Wrong!
The auxiliary goes after the subject in a reported question.
2. She asked …………………… we had had our lunch.
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Wrong!
Either if or whether can be used to introduce an yes/no question.
3. Rita asked if she …………………….. go home.
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Wrong!
4. He ………………………….. no attention to what I was saying.
Correct!
Wrong!
Paid is the past and past participle of pay.
5. She does not ………………………. her health.
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Wrong!
6. James said that he ………………………… Alex the previous year.
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Wrong!
Use the past perfect to talk about the earlier of two past events.
7. This went on ……………………… a long time.
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Wrong!
Use for to indicate duration.
8. I ……………………… for a walk yesterday.
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Wrong!
To talk about finished events in the past, use the simple past.
9. If I ………………………. leave now, I will miss my bus.
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Wrong!
In the first conditional, use a present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
10. I will visit some of my old friends when I ……………………… to the US.
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Wrong!
11. He ………………………….. smoking.
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Wrong!
To give up smoking is to quit smoking.
12. When it started raining, we ………………………… playing.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- He asked us what we were doing.
- She asked whether / if we had had our lunch.
- Rita asked if she could go home.
- He paid no attention to what I was saying.
- She does not take care of her health.
- James said that he had seen Alex the previous year.
- This went on for a long time.
- I went for a walk yesterday.
- If I don’t leave now, I will miss my bus.
- I will visit some of my old friends when I go to the US.
- He has given up smoking.
- When it started raining, we stopped playing.
