Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. I ………………………………….. here since morning.
We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
2. I ……………………………… him yesterday.
We use the simple past to talk about finished events in the past.
3. Samuel …………………………… from Australia last week.
We use the simple past to talk about finished events in the past.
4. See that you …………………………….. any damage.
The simple present is used in imperative sentences like these.
5. She will come if you …………………………… her.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in the main clause.
6. I …………………………… to France recently.
The simple past is the most common tense for talking about past events.
7. The jail warden discovered that the prisoner ……………………………
We use the past perfect for the earlier of two past actions.
8. I ……………………………… in this city for ten years now.
We use the present perfect to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
9. The train …………………………… before we reached the station.
We use the past perfect for the earlier of two past actions.
10. My dad ………………………….. for a walk in the morning.
We use the simple present to talk about our habits and routines.
11. When I visited him he …………………………. bed-ridden for two months.
12. He ………………………….. school at twelve.
We use the simple past to say that something happened at a particular point of time in the past.
Answers
1. I have been waiting here since morning.
2. I met him yesterday.
3. Samuel returned from Australia last week.
4. See that you do not cause any damage.
5. She will come if you invite her.
6. I went to France recently.
7. The jail warden discovered that the prisoner had escaped.
8. I have lived in this city for ten years now.
9. The train had left before we reached the station.
10. My dad goes for a walk in the morning.
11. When I visited him he had been bed-ridden for two months.
12. He left school at twelve.
