Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1I will wait here until you ...............
Wrong!
After "until" referring to the future, use the present simple "return".
2If I knew that you were coming, I ............... dinner.
Wrong!
In the second conditional, the main clause uses "would prepare" after a past-tense if-clause.
3If they had paid attention to the warning signs, this ...............
Wrong!
In the third conditional, the result clause uses "would not have happened".
4It took me quite some time to get used to ............... in a large city.
Wrong!
After "get used to", use the -ing form "living".
5What she said yesterday ............... no sense to me.
Wrong!
With the finished past time "yesterday", use the simple past "made".
6He asked me if I ............... him some money.
Wrong!
In reported speech after a past reporting verb, "can" usually changes to "could lend".
7I waited and waited, but he ............... come.
Wrong!
The simple past negative "didn't" matches the past action "waited".
8So far, I ............... to anybody.
Wrong!
With "so far", use the present perfect "have never apologized".
9I will give you a call when I ............... ready.
Wrong!
After "when" referring to the future, use the present simple "am".
10I asked him where he ............... the previous day.
Wrong!
In reported speech, the past simple "were" in the direct question ("Where were you yesterday?") usually shifts back to "had been".
11It is time you ............... a job.
Wrong!
After "It is time", use the past form "found" to talk about a present need.
12I would rather you ............... home now.
Wrong!
After "would rather" about someone else's present action, use the past form "went".
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- I will wait here until you return.
- If I knew that you were coming, I would prepare dinner.
- If they had paid attention to the warning signs, this would not have happened.
- It took me quite some time to get used to living in a large city.
- What she said yesterday made no sense to me.
- He asked me if I could lend him some money.
- I waited and waited, but he didn’t come.
- So far, 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.