Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1She ............... by her family to marry her boyfriend next month.
Wrong!
Use the passive reporting form "is expected" to say what people think will happen; "by her family" shows the verb must be passive.
2Dinosaurs ............... to have lived millions of years ago.
Wrong!
Use the passive reporting form "are thought" before a perfect infinitive.
3The authorities ............... to be working on a new industrial policy.
Wrong!
Use the passive reporting form "are known" before the infinitive phrase.
4I ............... by airplane.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect form "have never traveled" with "never" for life experience up to now.
5I ............... my homework yet.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect form "have not finished" with "yet" for an unfinished action up to now.
6He ............... since I last saw him.
Wrong!
Use "has grown" because "since I last saw him" connects the past with the present.
7I ............... how to ride a bicycle, so I can ride to school now.
Wrong!
Use "have learned" to talk about a recent accomplishment connected with the present result.
8It ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "didn't rain" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
9The army ............... at dawn yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "attacked" for a completed action at a definite past time.
10She speaks fluent German because she ............... in Germany for the last six years.
Wrong!
Use "has lived" with "for the last six years" to show a situation continuing up to now.
11When I got home, the children ............... computer games.
Wrong!
Use "were playing" for the longer background action in progress when another past action happened.
12I ............... my first car five years ago.
Wrong!
Use "bought" with the finished past time expression "five years ago".
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- She is expected by her family to marry her boyfriend next month.
- Dinosaurs are thought to have lived millions of 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, so I can ride to school now.
- It didn’t rain yesterday.
- The army attacked at dawn yesterday.
- She speaks fluent German because she has lived in Germany for the last six years.
- When I got home, the children were playing computer games.
- I bought my first car five years ago.