Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1I ............... here since morning.
Wrong!
Use "have been waiting" for an action that started in the past and continues up to now.
2I ............... him yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "met" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
3Samuel ............... from Australia last week.
Wrong!
Use "returned" with the finished past time expression "last week".
4See that you ............... any damage.
Wrong!
Use "do not cause" after "See that you" to give an instruction about what must not happen.
5She will come if you ............... her.
Wrong!
Use "invite" in the if-clause of a first conditional sentence.
6I ............... to France recently.
Wrong!
Use "went" for a completed trip in the recent past.
7The jail warden discovered that the prisoner ...............
Wrong!
Use "had escaped" because the escape happened before the warden discovered it.
8I ............... in this city for ten years now.
Wrong!
Use "have lived" for a situation that began in the past and continues now.
9The train ............... by the time we reached the station.
Wrong!
Use "had left" because the train left before the past time "by the time we reached the station".
10These days, my dad ............... for a walk every morning.
Wrong!
Use "goes" for a regular habit or routine in the present; "these days" and "every morning" show a present habit.
11When I visited him, he ............... bed-ridden for two months.
Wrong!
Use "had been" because the condition started before the visit and continued up to that past time.
12He ............... school at twelve.
Wrong!
Use "left" for an event completed at the past time "at twelve".
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Answers
- I have been waiting here since morning.
- I met him yesterday.
- Samuel returned from Australia last week.
- See that you do not cause any damage.
- She will come if you invite her.
- I went to France recently.
- The jail warden discovered that the prisoner had escaped.
- I have lived in this city for ten years now.
- The train had left by the time we reached the station.
- These days, my dad goes for a walk every morning.
- When I visited him, he had been bed-ridden for two months.
- He left school at twelve.