1Janvi ............... her mother every day.
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We use the simple present "calls" for a daily routine.
2The cow ............... on grass.
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We use the simple present "feeds" for a general fact.
3The lion ............... in the forest.
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We use the simple present "lives" for a general fact about where an animal lives.
4Suraj ............... his grandparents yesterday.
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We use the simple past "visited" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
5She ............... in 1995.
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We use the simple past "graduated" with the finished past time expression "in 1995".
6Yesterday, the child ............... to eat breakfast.
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We use the simple past "refused" for a completed past action.
7The snake ............... with a stick.
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We use the passive form "was killed" because the snake received the action.
8The child ............... ill since Monday.
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We use the present perfect "has been" with "since Monday" for a state continuing until now.
9You ............... for me.
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We use "needn't have waited" to say that waiting was unnecessary in the past.
10I ............... this flavor now, but I loved it as a child.
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We use the simple present "don't like" with "now" to express a present preference.
11Although she ............... to admit it, her marriage is in trouble.
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We use the simple present "refuses", with -s for the subject "she", for a present attitude.
12I ............... when you phoned.
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We use the past continuous "was reading" for the background action interrupted by "phoned".
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Janvi calls her mother every day.
- The cow feeds on grass.
- The lion lives in the forest.
- Suraj visited his grandparents yesterday.
- She graduated in 1995.
- Yesterday, the child refused to eat breakfast.
- The snake was killed with a stick.
- The child has been ill since Monday.
- You needn’t have waited for me.
- I don’t like this flavor now, but I loved it as a child.
- Although she refuses to admit it, her marriage is in trouble.
- I was reading when you phoned.