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General Grammar Exercise

May 3, 2019 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

1. The train ............................... before we reached the railway station.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the past perfect for the earlier of two past actions.

2. The old man ................................. alone in that hut.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple present is used to talk about facts.

3. Rani .................................. for a job ever since she left college.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

4. Samuel .................................. two wickets before rain interrupted play.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the past perfect for the earlier of two past actions.

5. I ................................ him before he left.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the past perfect for the earlier of two past actions.

6. I .................................... very hard last month.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the simple past to say what happened at a past time.

7. I .................................. in Mumbai for 10 years.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple past is the most common tense for talking about finished actions or situations.

8. I ................................... London three times last year.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the simple past to say how many times something happened in the past.

9. I always ...................................... be afraid of dogs.

Correct! Wrong!

We use used to to talk about past habits and states.

10. Heat ................................. bodies.

Correct! Wrong!

We use the simple present to talk about facts.

11. We ................................... here since 1990.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect and present perfect continuous can both be used to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

12. Did you ................................... him yesterday?

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. The train had left before we reached the railway station.

2. The old man lives alone in that hut.

3. Rani has been trying for a job ever since she left college.

4. Samuel had taken two wickets before rain interrupted play.

5. I had met him before he left.

6. I worked very hard last month.

7. I lived in Mumbai for 10 years.

8. I visited London three times last year.

9. I always used to be afraid of dogs.

10. Heat expands bodies.

11. We have been living here since 1990. 12. Did you see him yesterday?

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