Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form that indicates the idea given in the brackets.
1When I was a child, my mother ............... up at 5 a.m. every day, but now she sleeps late.
Wrong!
Use "used to get" for a past habit that is no longer true.
2Worldly pleasures ............... temporary.
Wrong!
Use "are" because the sentence states a general truth.
3In The Merchant of Venice, Portia ............... that mercy is a divine quality.
Wrong!
Use the present simple "says" to report what a character says in a literary text.
4They ............... for the program at the moment.
Wrong!
Use "are rehearsing" with "at the moment" for an action in progress now.
5None of us ............... Shakespeare.
Wrong!
Use "have seen" because the sentence talks about experience up to now.
6His father ............... last month.
Wrong!
Use "died" with the finished past time expression "last month".
7Wait a minute! I ............... ready.
Wrong!
Use "am getting" for an action happening at the moment of speaking.
8When I was young, I ............... football every day.
Wrong!
Use "used to play" for a regular habit in the past.
9When we ............... into our house.
Wrong!
Use "were sleeping, a thief broke" because a shorter past action interrupted a longer past action.
10If I ............... the exam last year.
Wrong!
Use "had worked hard, I would have passed" for an unreal condition in the past ("last year").
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- When I was a child, my mother used to get up at 5 a.m. every day, but now she sleeps late.
- Worldly pleasures are temporary.
- In The Merchant of Venice, Portia says that mercy is a divine quality.
- They are rehearsing for the program at the moment.
- None of us have seen Shakespeare.
- His father died last month.
- Wait a minute! I am getting ready.
- When I was young, I used to play football every day.
- When we were sleeping, a thief broke into our house.
- If I had worked hard, I would have passed the exam last year.