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Primary Auxiliaries Exercise

September 18, 2021 - A2pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate primary auxiliary verb.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1............... you have a car?
Wrong!
Use "Do" to form a simple present question with "you" and the base verb "have".
2What ............... you doing there?
Wrong!
Use "are" with "you" in the present continuous form "are doing".
3What ............... you want?
Wrong!
Use "do" to form a simple present question with "you" and the base verb "want".
4She ............... arrived yet.
Wrong!
Use "hasn't" with the past participle "arrived" in the present perfect negative.
5It ............... stopped raining since yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "hasn't" with the past participle "stopped" for an unfinished situation with "since yesterday".
6You ............... never helped me with anything.
Wrong!
Use "have" with the past participle "helped" in the present perfect.
7We ............... waiting for them.
Wrong!
Use "are" with "we" in the present continuous form "are waiting".
8Why ............... you looking at me like that?
Wrong!
Use "are" with "you" in the present continuous form "are looking".
9What ............... you do then?
Wrong!
Use "did" to form a simple past question with the base verb "do".
10Whom ............... you want to meet?
Wrong!
Use "do" to form a simple present question with "you" and the base verb "want".
11She said that she ............... coming.
Wrong!
Use "was" after a past reporting verb to keep the reported action in the past continuous.
12She ............... know who I am.
Wrong!
Use "doesn't" to form a simple present negative with the third-person subject "she".
Done.
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Answers

  1. Do you have a car?
  2. What are you doing there?
  3. What do you want?
  4. She hasn’t arrived yet.
  5. It hasn’t stopped raining since yesterday.
  6. You have never helped me with anything.
  7. We are waiting for them.
  8. Why are you looking at me like that?
  9. What did you do then?
  10. Whom do you want to meet?
  11. She said that she was coming.
  12. She doesn’t know who I am.
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