Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1This is the sixth chocolate you ............... today.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect in this pattern, so the correct answer is "have eaten".
2I ............... a strange experience yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the simple past with a finished past time expression, so the correct answer is "had".
3It is time you ............... smoking.
Wrong!
After "It is time," we use the past form for a present or future meaning, so the correct answer is "stopped".
4I would rather you ............... home now.
Wrong!
After "would rather" with a new subject, we use the past form for a present meaning, so the correct answer is "went".
5He asked if I ............... his wallet.
Wrong!
In reported speech after a past reporting verb, the present perfect usually changes to the past perfect, so the correct answer is "had seen".
6Although she ............... hard, she could not pass the exam.
Wrong!
Use the simple past to match the past result in the main clause, so the correct answer is "worked".
7She broke down when she ............... the news.
Wrong!
Use the simple past for a completed past event, so the correct answer is "heard".
8I regret ............... school at fourteen.
Wrong!
Use a gerund after "regret" when you are sorry about something in the past, so the correct answer is "leaving".
9He ............... for his honesty.
Wrong!
Use the passive when the subject receives the praise, so the correct answer is "was praised".
10Despite being clever, she ............... industry.
Wrong!
Use the simple present for a general fact about her, so the correct answer is "lacks".
11As he was born into a poor family, he ............... great hardship during his childhood.
Wrong!
Use the simple past for a finished situation in childhood, so the correct answer is "suffered".
12I conceded to his demands because I ............... to provoke him.
Wrong!
Use the simple past for the reason at that past time, so the correct answer is "did not want".
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- This is the sixth chocolate you have eaten today.
- I had a strange experience yesterday.
- It is time you stopped smoking.
- I would rather you went home now.
- He asked if I had seen his wallet.
- Although she worked hard, she could not pass the exam.
- She broke down when she heard the news.
- I regret leaving school at fourteen.
- He was praised for his honesty.
- Despite being clever, she lacks industry.
- As he was born into a poor family, he suffered great hardship during his childhood.
- I conceded to his demands because I did not want to provoke him.