Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1I will wait here until you ...............
Wrong!
When both clauses refer to future, use a simple future in the main clause and simple present in the subordinate clause.
2If I knew that you were coming, I ............... dinner.
Wrong!
In the second conditional, use a simple past in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
3If they had paid heed to the warning signs, this ...............
Wrong!
In the third conditional, use a past perfect in the if-clause and would + have + past participle in the main clause.
4It took me quite sometime to get used to ............... in a large city.
Wrong!
The to in used to is a preposition. A verb used after a preposition should be in its ing form.
5What she said ............... no sense to me.
Wrong!
6He asked me if I ............... him some money.
Wrong!
'Can you lend me some money?' he asked. He asked if I could lend him some money. Can in direct speech becomes could in indirect speech.
7I waited and waited but he ............... come.
Wrong!
When the verb in the main clause is in the simple past, use a past tense in the subordinate clause as well.
8I ............... to anybody.
Wrong!
The present perfect is used to refer to time up to now.
9I will give you a call when I ............... ready.
Wrong!
When both clauses refer to future, use a simple future in the main clause and simple present in the subordinate clause.
10I asked him where he ............... the previous day.
Wrong!
I asked him, 'Where were you yesterday?' I asked him where he had been the previous day. Simple past in the direct speech becomes past perfect in the indirect speech.
11It is time you ............... a job.
Wrong!
Use a simple past after it is time.
12I would rather you ............... home now.
Wrong!
Use a simple past after would rather.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I will wait here until you return
- If I knew that you were coming, I would prepare dinner.
- If they had paid heed to the warning signs, this would not have happened
- It took me quite sometime to get used to living in a large city.
- What she said made no sense to me.
- He asked me if I could lend him some money.
- I waited and waited but he didn’t come come.
- I have never apologized to anybody.
- I will give you a call when I am ready.
- I asked him where he had been the previous day.
- It is time you found a job.
- I would rather you went home now.
