Fill in the blanks.
1He asked us what ............... doing.
Wrong!
The auxiliary goes after the subject in a reported question.
2She asked ............... we had had our lunch.
Wrong!
Either if or whether can be used to introduce an yes/no question.
3Rita asked if she ............... go home.
Wrong!
4He ............... no attention to what I was saying.
Wrong!
Paid is the past and past participle of pay.
5She does not ............... her health.
Wrong!
6James said that he ............... Alex the previous year.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect to talk about the earlier of two past events.
7This went on ............... a long time.
Wrong!
Use for to indicate duration.
8I ............... for a walk yesterday.
Wrong!
To talk about finished events in the past, use the simple past.
9If I ............... leave now, I will miss my bus.
Wrong!
In the first conditional, use a present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
10I will visit some of my old friends when I ............... to the US.
Wrong!
11He ............... smoking.
Wrong!
To give up smoking is to quit smoking.
12When it started raining, we ............... playing.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- He asked us what we were doing.
- She asked Either could be used here 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 do not 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.
