1The train ............... before we reached the railway station.
Wrong!
Use "had left" for the earlier of two past actions.
2The old man ............... alone in that hut.
Wrong!
Use "lives" for a present fact or regular situation.
3Rani ............... for a job ever since she left college.
Wrong!
Use "has been trying" for an action that started in the past and continues now.
4Samuel ............... two wickets before rain interrupted play.
Wrong!
Use "had taken" for the action that happened before another past action.
5I ............... him before he left.
Wrong!
Use "had met" for the action that happened before he left.
6I ............... very hard last month.
Wrong!
Use "worked" with the finished past time expression "last month".
7I ............... in Mumbai for 10 years before I moved to Delhi.
Wrong!
Use "lived" for a finished period of time in the past.
8I ............... London three times last year.
Wrong!
Use "visited" with the finished past time expression "last year".
9I always ............... be afraid of dogs.
Wrong!
Use "used to" for a past state that is no longer true.
10Heat ............... bodies.
Wrong!
Use "expands" for a general scientific fact with a singular subject.
11We ............... here since 1990.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "have lived" or "have been living" for a situation that started in the past and continues now.
12Did you ............... him yesterday?
Wrong!
Use "see" after the auxiliary verb "did" in a past simple question.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The train had left before we reached the railway station.
- The old man lives alone in that hut.
- Rani has been trying for a job ever since she left college.
- Samuel had taken two wickets before rain interrupted play.
- I had met him before he left.
- I worked very hard last month.
- I lived in Mumbai for 10 years before I moved to Delhi.
- I visited London three times last year.
- I always used to be afraid of dogs.
- Heat expands bodies.
- We have lived / have been living here since 1990.
- Did you see him yesterday?
