Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1Somebody ............... at the door.
Wrong!
Use "is waiting" for an action happening now.
2You ............... to submit the assignment by Monday.
Wrong!
Use "are supposed" to show an obligation or expectation.
3She ............... to be a scientist.
Wrong!
Use "aspires" for a general desire or ambition.
4It ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "rained" for a finished event with a past time expression.
5I ............... a strange experience the other day.
Wrong!
Use "had" for a finished past experience with "the other day".
6The winners ............... at the town hall.
Wrong!
Use "were felicitated" because the winners received the action.
7The news of his death ............... us all.
Wrong!
Use "shocked" because the news caused the feeling in the past.
8The mother ............... to hear from her son.
Wrong!
Use "was relieved" to describe the mother's feeling in the past.
9God ............... those who help themselves.
Wrong!
Use "helps" for a general truth.
10Sam ............... a living by selling second-hand goods, as his father did before him.
Wrong!
Use "makes" for a regular, long-term way of earning money.
11The children ............... for the holidays.
Wrong!
Use "are waiting" for an action happening around now.
12She ............... absent since yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "has been" for a state that started in the past and continues now.
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- Somebody is waiting at the door.
- You are supposed to submit the assignment by Monday.
- She aspires to be a scientist.
- It rained yesterday.
- I had a strange experience the other day.
- The winners were felicitated at the town hall.
- The news of his death shocked us all.
- The mother was relieved to hear from her son.
- God helps those who help themselves.
- Sam makes a living by selling second-hand goods, as his father did before him.
- The children are waiting for the holidays.
- She has been absent since yesterday.