Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. She ..................................... to marry her boyfriend next month.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. Dinosaurs ............................... to have lived several million years ago.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. The authorities .................................. to be working on a new industrial policy.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I ................................... by airplane.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is more common with the time expressions ever and never.
5. I ................................. my homework yet.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is more common with the time expressions yet and already.
6. He ............................... since I last saw him.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. I ................................. how to ride a bicycle.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is commonly used to talk about our accomplishments.
8. It ................................. yesterday.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect cannot be used with definite past time expressions.
9. The army ................................. at dawn.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. She speaks fluent German because she ................................ in Germany for six years.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is used to talk about finished events that are in some way related to the present.
11. When I .................................. home, the children .................................. computer games.
Correct!
Wrong!
The simple past is used for the short action that happens in the middle of a longer background action.
12. I .............................. my first car five years ago.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- She is expected to marry her boyfriend next month.
- Dinosaurs are thought to have lived several million years ago.
- The authorities are known to be working on a new industrial policy.
- I have never traveled by airplane.
- I have not finished my homework yet.
- He has grown since I last saw him.
- I have learned how to ride a bicycle.
- It didn’t rain yesterday.
- The army attacked at dawn.
- She speaks fluent German because she has lived in Germany for six years.
- When I reached home, the children were playing computer games.
- I bought my first car five years ago.
