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Tenses Exercise

May 2, 2019 - B1pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
Progress 0 of 12 answered
1Sam ............... his homework for two years.
Wrong!
The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
2We ............... a strange experience yesterday.
Wrong!
The simple past is used to say when something happened in the past.
3He ............... for Singapore last week.
Wrong!
The simple past is used to say when something happened in the past.
4See that you ............... disturb the patients.
Wrong!
The simple present is used in imperative structures.
5You will win if you ............... hard.
Wrong!
In the first conditional we use the simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.structures.
6The post mortem report proved that the man ............... ten hours ago.
Wrong!
7The train ............... by the time we reached the station.
Wrong!
We use the past perfect for the earlier of two past actions.
8Every morning, I ............... for 30 minutes.
Wrong!
The simple present is used to talk about habitual actions in the present.
9He ............... school at fifteen.
Wrong!
The simple past is used to talk about finished past events.
10You cannot meet him now. He ............... home.
Wrong!
The present perfect is used to talk about finished events whose effect is still felt in the present.
11When we visited her she ............... bed ridden for six months.
Wrong!
12If you ............... to me, you wouldn’t land in trouble.
Wrong!
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + infinitive in the main clause.
Done.
Score: 0/12

Answers

  1. Sam has been doing his homework for two years.
  2. We had a strange experience yesterday.
  3. He left for Singapore last week.
  4. See that you do not disturb the patients.
  5. You will win if you work hard.
  6. The post mortem report proved that the man had been killed ten hours ago.
  7. The train had left by the time we reached the station.
  8. Every morning, I meditate for 30 minutes.
  9. He left school at fifteen.
  10. You cannot meet him now. He has gone home.
  11. When we visited her she had been bed ridden for six months.
  12. If you listened to me, you wouldn’t land in trouble.
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