Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1I wanted to know why he ............... angry with me.
Wrong!
After the past reporting verb "wanted", the past form "was" is the natural choice in reported speech.
2I will write some letters if I ............... time.
Wrong!
In a real future condition after "if", use the present simple "have".
3The police are here; there ............... an accident near the bridge.
Wrong!
To give recent news with a present result, use the present perfect "has been".
4I ............... six cups of coffee since this morning.
Wrong!
With "since this morning", use the present perfect "have drunk".
5What ............... you do after the meeting yesterday?
Wrong!
With the past time phrase "after the meeting yesterday", use the past simple auxiliary "did".
6Have you ever ............... to Australia?
Wrong!
After "Have you ever", use the past participle "been".
7They made him ............... them everything.
Wrong!
After "made him", use the bare infinitive "tell".
8He ............... to visit the children once a week.
Wrong!
For permission given to the subject, use the passive form "is allowed".
9She ............... a Greek goddess.
Wrong!
The stative verb "resembles" is normally used in the simple present for this fact.
10It looks as if the sun ............... round the earth.
Wrong!
After "looks as if", we can use the present simple to describe how something regularly appears to happen, so "goes" is correct. "Going" is not a finite verb, and "go" does not agree with the singular subject "the sun".
11I used to play a lot of tennis when I ............... younger.
Wrong!
With the past habit "used to play", use the past form "was" for the time clause.
12Three more of the missing hikers ...............
Wrong!
The plural subject "Three more of the missing hikers" needs the present perfect passive "have been found".
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- I wanted to know why he was angry with me.
- I will write some letters if I have time.
- The police are here; there has been an accident near the bridge.
- I have drunk six cups of coffee since this morning.
- What did you do after the meeting yesterday?
- Have you ever been to Australia?
- They made him tell them everything.
- He is allowed to visit the children once a week.
- She resembles a Greek goddess.
- It looks as if the sun goes round the earth.
- I used to play a lot of tennis when I was younger.
- Three more of the missing hikers have been found