1Dad usually drinks tea in the morning, but this morning he ............... coffee.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "drank" because "this morning" refers to a finished time in the past.
2All children ............... love.
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Use the simple present "need" because the sentence states a general truth.
3I ............... a strange dream yesterday.
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Use the simple past "had" because "yesterday" shows a finished past time.
4I ............... a sci-fi movie yesterday.
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Use the simple past "watched" because "yesterday" shows a finished past time.
5I ............... my phone while I was on vacation in Greece.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "lost" because the event happened during a past vacation.
6Yesterday, he ............... gently to the child.
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Use the simple past "spoke" to describe a completed past action.
7Plants ............... carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
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Use the simple present "absorb" because the sentence states a scientific fact.
8Kind words ............... others happy.
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Use the simple present "make" because the sentence states a general truth.
9Birds ............... in the sky.
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Use the simple present "fly" because the sentence states a general fact.
10Money ............... on trees.
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Use the simple present negative "does not grow" because "money" is a singular uncountable noun in a general statement.
11They ............... the car to pay off the loan.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "sold" because the sentence describes a completed past action.
12She ............... me a story the other day.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "told" because "the other day" refers to a finished past time.
Answers
- Dad usually drinks tea in the morning, but this morning he drank coffee.
- All children need love.
- I had a strange dream yesterday.
- I watched a sci-fi movie yesterday.
- I lost my phone while I was on vacation in Greece.
- Yesterday, he spoke gently to the child.
- Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
- Kind words make others happy.
- Birds fly in the sky.
- Money does not grow on trees.
- They sold the car to pay off the loan.
- She told me a story the other day.
