Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1Janet ............... in the countryside.
Wrong!
Use "lives" for a permanent situation in the present.
2She ............... feeding cats and dogs.
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Use "enjoys" for a general like or regular preference.
3Call me the moment you ............... the results.
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Use "get" after a time expression such as "the moment" to refer to the future.
4If only you hadn’t called the police, everything ............... all right.
Wrong!
Use "would have been" in the result clause of a third conditional sentence.
5If I were you, I ............... that car serviced.
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Use "would get" in the main clause of a second conditional sentence.
6"What are you doing?" "I ............... a bath."
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Use "am having" for an action happening at the moment of speaking.
7We ............... here for twenty years by next Christmas.
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Use "will have been living" for an action continuing up to a future point in time.
8I ............... them since Monday.
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Use "haven't seen" with "since" to connect a past starting point to the present.
9I ............... since morning, and I am getting tired.
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Use "have been working" for an activity that started in the past and is still affecting the present.
10They ............... to their native place next week.
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Use "are moving" for a planned future arrangement.
11She asked me if I ............... her key.
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Use "had seen" when present perfect direct speech is backshifted in reported speech.
12He ............... a shelter for sick and abandoned dogs and cats.
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Use "runs" for a regular activity or general fact in the present.
Answers
- Janet lives in the countryside.
- She enjoys feeding cats and dogs.
- Call me the moment you get the results.
- If only you hadn’t called the police, everything would have been all right.
- If I were you, I would get that car serviced.
- “What are you doing?” “I am having a bath.”
- We will have been living here for twenty years by next Christmas.
- I haven’t seen them since Monday.
- I have been working since morning, and I am getting tired.
- They are moving to their native place next week.
- She asked me if I had seen her key.
- He runs a shelter for sick and abandoned dogs and cats.
