Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.
1His father ............... last night.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "died" with the finished time expression "last night".
2We ............... Susie 3 weeks ago.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "visited" with the finished time expression "3 weeks ago".
3The sun ............... when we went out.
Wrong!
Use the past continuous "was shining" for an action in progress when another past action happened.
4I saw him ............... the lamp.
Wrong!
After "saw him" to describe the whole action, use the bare infinitive "steal".
5Yesterday I bought a new cellphone because my old one ............... stolen.
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Use the past perfect passive "had been" because the theft happened before the past action of buying a new phone.
6He thanked me for what I ...............
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Use the past perfect "had done" for an action completed before he thanked me.
7I ............... here for the last two years.
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Use the present perfect continuous "have been living" for an action that started in the past and continues now.
8They ............... an apartment in New York two years ago.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "bought" with the finished time expression "two years ago".
9I usually ............... the newspaper in the morning.
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Use the present simple "read" for a usual habit.
10Ever since I left my home state in 1995, I ............... living here.
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Use the present perfect continuous form with "have been" for a situation continuing from 1995 until now.
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- His father died last night.
- We visited Susie 3 weeks ago.
- The sun was shining when we went out.
- I saw him steal the lamp.
- Yesterday I bought a new cellphone because my old one had been stolen.
- He thanked me for what I had done.
- I have been living here for the last two years.
- They bought an apartment in New York two years ago.
- I usually read the newspaper in the morning.
- Ever since I left my home state in 1995, I have been living here.