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Tenses Exercise

January 4, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

1. Janet …………………………… in the countryside.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple present is used to talk about permanent situations.

2. She ……………………… feeding cats and dogs.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple present is used to talk about people's likes, dislikes, habits, routines etc.

3. Call me the moment you …………………………… the results.

Correct! Wrong!

4. If only you hadn’t called the police, everything ………………………………….. all right.

Correct! Wrong!

In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.

5. If I were you, I ……………………….. that car serviced.

Correct! Wrong!

In type 2 conditional, use a simple past in the if-clause and would + bare infinitive in the main clause.

6. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I ………………………….. a bath.’

Correct! Wrong!

The present continuous is used to talk about an ongoing action or situation.

7. We ……………………………. here for twenty years by next Christmas.

Correct! Wrong!

8. I ………………………….. them since Monday.

Correct! Wrong!

9. I …………………………….. since morning and I am getting tired.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

10. They ……………………………. to their native place next week.

Correct! Wrong!

The present continuous is used to talk about preplanned future events.

11. She asked me if I ……………………………. her key.

Correct! Wrong!

A present perfect in the direct question becomes past perfect in the reported question.

12. He ……………………………….. a shelter for sick and abandoned dogs and cats.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

  1. Janet lives in the countryside.
  2. She enjoys feeding cats and dogs.
  3. Call me the moment you get the results.
  4. If only you hadn’t called the police, everything would have been all right.
  5. If I were you, I would get that car serviced.
  6. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I am having a bath.’
  7. We will have been living here for twenty years by next Christmas.
  8. I haven’t seen them since Monday.
  9. I have been working since morning and I am getting tired.
  10. They are moving to their native place next week.
  11. She asked me if I had seen her key.
  12. He runs a shelter for sick and abandoned dogs and cats.
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