Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.
1When I saw him, he ............... bed-ridden for two months.
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Use the past perfect "had been" for a state that continued up to a later point in the past.
2I ............... college last year.
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Use the simple past "left" with the finished time expression "last year."
3There ............... a famine in Bengal in 1943.
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Use the simple past "was" for a completed situation at a specific time in the past.
4The child ............... to drink the milk.
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Use the passive form "was made" because the child received the action.
5Rani has ............... home.
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After "has," use the past participle "gone" to form the present perfect.
6We ............... the railway station before the train arrived.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "reached" and "had reached" are acceptable before another past event; the past perfect "had reached" makes the earlier timing clearer.
7They do not ............... here.
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After "do not," use the base verb "live."
8I ............... editing this magazine for twenty-five years by next December.
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Use the future perfect continuous "will have been" for an action continuing up to a future time.
9Peter ............... two wickets before rain interrupted play.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "took" and "had taken" are acceptable before another past event; the past perfect "had taken" stresses that the action was completed before rain interrupted play.
10I ............... him twice before he left for New York.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "met" and "had met" are acceptable before another past event, though "had met" makes the earlier timing clearer.
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- When I saw him, he had been bed-ridden for two months.
- I left college last year.
- There was a famine in Bengal in 1943.
- The child was made to drink the milk.
- Rani has gone home.
- We reached / had reached the railway station before the train arrived.
- They do not live here.
- I will have been editing this magazine for twenty-five years by next December.
- Peter took / had taken two wickets before rain interrupted play.
- I met / had met him twice before he left for New York.