Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. Where ……………………… your father ……………………?
We use the simple present tense to ask about people’s jobs.
2. My sister ………………………… plays for television.
We use the simple present tense to talk about people’s jobs.
3. …………………………. anything this weekend?
We can use the present continuous to ask about arrangements.
4. Call me when you ……………………. time.
Please select 2 correct answers
In subordinate clauses we use a present tense to refer to the future.
5. Prices are ………………………… soon.
We do not normally use the present continuous to make predictions about events that are outside people’s control.
6. You will soon have an accident if you …………………………… on driving like that.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in the main clause.
7. I ……………………….. you a laptop for your birthday.
We use the simple future in promises.
8. …………………………. we go out for a meal?
Questions with shall we or shall I are used to make suggestions.
9. I will pay you back when I ……………………….. a job.
In subordinate clauses we use a present tense to refer to the future.
10. We ………………………….. the work by Monday.
We use the present perfect to say that something will have been completed or finished by a certain time in the future.
11. I can’t play because I ……………………………. my leg.
The present perfect is used to suggest that a finished action still has its effect in the present.
12. I …………………………. all my childhood in India.
We use the simple past to talk about longer situations.
Answers
1. Where does your father work?
2. My sister writes plays for television.
3. Are you doing anything this weekend?
4. Call me when you have time.
5. Prices are going to rise soon.
6. You will soon have an accident if you go on driving like that.
7. I will give you a laptop for your birthday.
8. Shall we go out for a meal?
9. I will pay you back when I get a job.
10. We will have finished the work by Monday.
11. I can’t play because I have broken my leg.
12. I spent all my childhood in India.
