Fill in the blanks.
1It ............... not very expensive.
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Use "is" with the singular subject "it" in the present simple.
2............... make a noise.
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Use "Don't" to make a negative imperative instruction.
3............... the books on the table.
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Use the base verb "Put" in an imperative sentence.
4She ............... harder than anybody I know.
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Use "works" for a regular habit or fact with the third-person singular subject "she".
5He was an unscrupulous guy who ............... do just about anything to make money.
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Use "would" as the past form of "will" after a past main clause.
6She ............... a six-figure salary.
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Use "earns" for a general fact about someone's salary; the third-person singular subject "she" needs the -s form.
7She ............... yesterday morning.
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Use "arrived" for a completed past action at a definite past time ("yesterday morning").
8We ............... swimming yesterday.
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Use "went" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
9Heavy rains ............... the city last week.
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Use "lashed" with the finished past time expression "last week".
10I ............... them only once so far.
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Use "have seen" for experience up to now; "so far" shows the period continues to the present.
11Does anybody know where ...............?
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Use statement word order "he is" in an embedded question after "where".
12I knew I ............... a mistake.
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Use "was making" because the knowing and the mistake were both in the past.
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- It is not very expensive.
- Don’t make a noise.
- Put the books on the table.
- She works harder than anybody I know.
- He was an unscrupulous guy who would do just about anything to make money.
- She earns a six-figure salary.
- She arrived yesterday morning.
- We went swimming yesterday.
- Heavy rains lashed the city last week.
- I have seen them only once so far.
- Does anybody know where he is?
- I knew I was making a mistake.