Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. Has the problem ………………………………..?
Correct!
Wrong!
We need a passive verb here.
2. Millions of people ……………………………. in the Bengal famine of 1943.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we say when something happened, we use the simple past tense.
3. Einstein …………………………… by the extent of the destruction caused by the atom bomb.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. He ……………………………….. the Nobel Prize in physics for his General Theory of Relativity.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. He did not ……………………………… to any of my letters.
Correct!
Wrong!
The infinitive without to is used after do, does and did.
6. What role …………………………… music play in the society?
Correct!
Wrong!
7. Has a snake ever ……………………………. itself round any part of your body?
Correct!
Wrong!
8. He …………………………… much of his free time in his garage.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the simple present to talk about a routine or hobby.
9. I ……………………………… to hear the news.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. He ……………………………….. for hours when they finally found him.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the perfect or perfect continuous tenses with the time expressions since and for.
11. Hurry up! We …………………………. much time.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. I …………………………….. visit my grandparents every Sunday. Now I go once a month.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use used to to talk about past habits.
Answers
- Has the problem been solved?
- Millions of people perished in the Bengal famine of 1943.
- Einstein was shaken by the extent of the destruction caused by the atom bomb.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his General Theory of Relativity.
- He did not reply to any of my letters.
- What role does music play in the society?
- Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body?
- He spends much of his free time in his garage.
- I was delighted to hear the news.
- He had been bleeding for hours when they finally found him.
- Hurry up! We haven’t got much time.
- I used to visit my grandparents every Sunday. Now I go once a month.
