Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1Where ............... your father work?
Wrong!
Use "does" to form a present simple question with the singular subject "your father".
2My sister ............... plays for television.
Wrong!
Use "writes" for a regular activity or job with the singular subject "My sister".
3............... anything this weekend?
Wrong!
Use "Are you doing" to ask about a planned arrangement this weekend.
4Call me when you ............... time.
Wrong!
Use "have" after "when" to refer to future time.
5Prices are ............... soon.
Wrong!
Use "going to rise" for a future prediction based on present evidence or expectation.
6You will soon have an accident if you ............... on driving like that.
Wrong!
Use "go" in the if-clause of a first conditional sentence.
7I ............... you a laptop for your birthday.
Wrong!
Use "will give" for a promise or decision about the future.
8............... we go out for a meal?
Wrong!
Use "Shall" with "we" to make a suggestion.
9I will pay you back when I ............... a job.
Wrong!
Use "get" after "when" to refer to future time.
10We ............... the work by next Monday.
Wrong!
Use the future perfect "will have finished" for an action that will be complete before a future time ("by next Monday"); "have finished" and "had finished" cannot refer to the future.
11I can't play because I ............... my leg.
Wrong!
Use "have broken" because the past action has a present result.
12I ............... all my childhood in India.
Wrong!
Use "spent" for a completed past period of life.
Answers
- Where does your father work?
- My sister writes plays for television.
- Are you doing anything this weekend?
- Call me when you have time.
- Prices are going to rise soon.
- You will soon have an accident if you go on driving like that.
- I will give you a laptop for your birthday.
- Shall we go out for a meal?
- I will pay you back when I get a job.
- We will have finished the work by next Monday.
- I can’t play because I have broken my leg.
- I spent all my childhood in India.