Fill in the blanks.
1. Help me with this, ………………….?
After imperatives, will you is used to ask people to do things.
2. Politics ……………………… a dirty game.
Words like politics, science and mathematics are singular.
3. The girls in this photo ………………………….. my cousins.
Here the subject is the plural noun girls.
4. I …………………………. my grandparents yesterday.
To call on is to visit.
5. Neither of these answers ………………………….. correct.
Use a singular verb after either and neither.
6. I ……………………….. in Mumbai at that time.
Use the simple past to talk about a completely finished event or situation.
7. My application …………………………… by the company.
In the simple past, the passive form is made with was/were + past participle form of the verb.
8. I am writing a novel. A novel …………………………….. by me.
The passive form of the present continuous is made with is/am/are + being + past participle.
9. Let’s …………………………….. your plans.
Discuss is one of those verbs that cannot be followed by a preposition.
10. That child …………………………….. neither of his parents.
Resemble does not take a preposition.
11. We ……………………………. to hear from them for a long time.
The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
12. I ………………………….. all my life in India.
The present perfect is more appropriate here.
Answers
- Help me with this, will you?
- Politics is a dirty game.
- The girls in this photo are my cousins.
- I called on my grandparents yesterday.
- Neither of these answers is correct.
- I lived in Mumbai at that time.
- My application was rejected by the company.
- I am writing a novel. A novel is being written by me.
- Let’s discuss your plans.
- That child resembles neither of his parents.
- We have been waiting to hear from them.
- I have lived all my life in India.
