Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1Granny's plane ............... at three o'clock.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "arrives" for a scheduled event on a timetable; "will arrive" is also correct as a plain statement about the future. "Arrive" does not agree with the singular subject.
2The next semester ............... on November 10th.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "begins" for a scheduled event on a timetable; "will begin" is also correct as a plain statement about the future. "Begin" does not agree with the singular subject.
3I will pay you back when I ............... a job.
Wrong!
After "when" referring to the future, use the present form "get".
4I will call you when dinner ............... ready.
Wrong!
After "when" referring to the future, use the present form "is".
5Rani ............... for a drink this evening. I invited her yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "is coming" for a future arrangement that has already been made ("I invited her yesterday").
6"The phone is ringing." "I ............... it."
Wrong!
Use "will answer" for a decision made at the moment of speaking.
7I ............... the tickets, but you have to buy dinner.
Wrong!
Use "will buy" to state a decision or promise about the future.
8This jacket looks nice; I think I ............... it.
Wrong!
Use "will buy" after "I think" when making a decision now.
9............... I open a window?
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Use "Shall" when asking for someone's decision or instruction.
10Let's go and see her, ............... we?
Wrong!
Use "shall" in the question tag after "Let's".
11............... you get me some apples when you're out?
Wrong!
Use "Will" to ask someone to do something for you.
12Get me a cup of coffee, ............... you?
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Use "will" in a question tag after an instruction or request.
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Answers
- Granny’s plane arrives / will arrive at three o’clock.
- The next semester begins / will begin on November 10th.
- I will pay you back when I get a job.
- I will call you when dinner is ready.
- Rani is coming for a drink this evening. I invited her yesterday.
- “The phone is ringing.” “I will answer it.”
- I will buy the tickets, but you have to buy dinner.
- This jacket looks nice; I think I will buy it.
- Shall I open a window?
- Let’s go and see her, shall we?
- Will you get me some apples when you’re out?
- Get me a cup of coffee, will you?