Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form that indicates the idea given in the brackets.
1My mother ............... up at 5 am. (Habitual action in the past)
Wrong!
2Worldly pleasures ............... temporary. (General truth)
Wrong!
3Portia ............... that mercy is a divine quality. (General truth)
Wrong!
4They ............... for the program. (Action in progress)
Wrong!
5None of us ............... Shakespeare.
Wrong!
6His father ............... last month. (Completed action)
Wrong!
7I ............... ready. (Action going on at the moment of speaking)
Wrong!
8When I was young, I ............... football every day. (Habitual action in the past)
Wrong!
9When we ............... a thief ………………….. into our house.
Wrong!
10If I ............... hard, I ………………… (Unfulfilled condition)
Wrong!
Done.
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Answers
- My mother used to get up at 5 am. (Habitual action in the past)
- Worldly pleasures are temporary. (General truth)
- Portia says that mercy is a divine quality. (General truth)
- They are rehearsing for the program. (Action in progress)
- None of us have seen Shakespeare.
- His father died last month. (Completed action)
- I am getting ready. (Action going on at the moment of speaking)
- When I was young, I used to play football every day. (Habitual action in the past)
- When we were sleeping, broke a thief ………………….. into our house.
- If I had worked, would have passed hard, I ………………… (Unfulfilled condition)
