1We reached the venue before the show ...............
Wrong!
Use the past simple "began" for the later completed past action.
2Her parents ............... with her permanently.
Wrong!
Use the simple present "live" for a general permanent situation.
3We ............... in Mumbai for fifteen years by next January.
Wrong!
Use "will have been living" to show duration up to a future time.
4We ............... two wickets before rain interrupted the match.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect "had lost" for the action completed before another past event.
5By the time he went abroad, I ............... him twice.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect "had seen" with "by the time" to show an earlier past action.
6When I was young, I ............... exercise every day.
Wrong!
Use "used to" for a past habit that is no longer true.
7She ............... for the US tonight.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "leaves" and "is leaving" can describe a fixed future arrangement here.
8Water ............... at 100 degrees Celsius.
Wrong!
Use the simple present "boils" for a scientific fact.
9We ............... in this house for ten years now.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "have lived" for a situation continuing up to now.
10I ............... her if I had wanted to.
Wrong!
Use "could have married" for an unrealized possibility in the past.
11Does she ............... what she is doing?
Wrong!
After "does", use the base form "know".
12Since childhood, he ............... to be a scientist.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "has always wanted" for a desire continuing until now.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- We reached the venue before the show began.
- Her parents live with her permanently.
- We will have been living in Mumbai for fifteen years by next January.
- We had lost two wickets before rain interrupted the match.
- By the time he went abroad, I had seen him twice.
- When I was young, I used to exercise every day.
- She leaves / is leaving for the US tonight.
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
- We have lived in this house for ten years now.
- I could have married her if I had wanted to.
- Does she know what she is doing?
- Since childhood, he has always wanted to be a scientist.