Fill in the blanks.
1. If you had asked me, I …………………….. you.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
2. I heard them ……………………… down the stairs.
Please select 2 correct answers
Hear cannot be followed by a to-infinitive.
3. Phone me when you ………………………. time.
When the main clause is in the imperative, we use a present tense to refer to the future in the subordinate clause.
4. I am ……………………….. a phone call from dad at 4 pm.
Hoping and waiting are followed by for.
5. I am ………………………. for my mother to come.
Hoping is used with for.
6. You can trust him. He will never go …………………….. on his promise.
To go back on a promise is to fail to keep it.
7. The ship hit an iceberg and went …………………..
When a ship goes down, it sinks.
8. We cannot go out until the wind goes …………………………
When wind goes down, it becomes calm again.
9. You don’t need …………………….. the roof this year.
When need is an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to.
10. He will …………………………… start coming on time.
Please select 2 correct answers
You cannot use must after will.
11. There was ……………………… traffic that it took an hour to reach office.
Much is unusual in affirmative clauses unless it is preceded by so.
12. Good bye. See you ……………………...
There is no preposition or article before next week, tomorrow, last year etc.
Answers
1. If you had asked me, I would have told you.
2. I heard them go / going down the stairs.
3. Phone me when you have time.
4. I am expecting a phone call from dad at 4 pm.
5. I am waiting for my mother to come.
6. You can trust him. He will never go back on his promise.
7. The ship hit an iceberg and went down.
8. We cannot go out until the wind goes down.
9. You don’t need to repair the roof this year.
10. He will have to start coming on time.
11. There was so much traffic that it took an hour to reach office.
12. Good bye. See you next month.
