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Tenses Exercise

December 16, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

1. I ………………………….. to the manager about my holiday in the morning.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple past is used to say that something happened at some point in the past.

2. We ……………………………. to the theatre last night.

Correct! Wrong!

3. He ……………………………. the pictures on the wall.

Correct! Wrong!

4. The ship has ……………………………….

Correct! Wrong!

People drown; ships and boats sink.

5. When I went there I found that he ……………………………..

Correct! Wrong!

6. He ……………………………… to me since our last meeting.

Correct! Wrong!

7. We ……………………………. tennis every day.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple present is used to talk about facts.

8. Neither of the messengers ……………………………… returned.

Correct! Wrong!

Use a singular verb after either and neither.

9. The quality of these apples ……………………………… not good.

Correct! Wrong!

Here the subject is the singular noun quality; hence, a singular verb should be used.

10. Death ……………………………… his icy hand on all.

Correct! Wrong!

11. I ……………………………… it a moment ago.

Correct! Wrong!

12. He ……………………………… there for the last two hours.

Correct! Wrong!

To talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present, use the present perfect or present perfect continuous.

Answers

  1. I spoke to the manager about my holiday in the morning.
  2. We went to the theatre last night.
  3. He hung the pictures on the wall.
  4. The ship has sunk.
  5. When I went there, I found that he had left.
  6. He hasn’t spoken to me since our last meeting.
  7. We play tennis every day.
  8. Neither of the messengers has returned.
  9. The quality of these apples is not good.
  10. Death lays his icy hand on all.
  11. I heard it a moment ago.
  12. He has been waiting there for the last two hours.
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