Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. If I had the money, I …………………………. buy a car.
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Wrong!
In type 2 conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if clause and would + bare infinitive in the main clause.
2. If I had gone to university, I …………………………… business.
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Wrong!
In type 3 conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
3. When I opened the window, the cat ……………………. in.
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Wrong!
4. I wondered if you ……………………….. free this evening.
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Wrong!
5. I thought you ………………………… like some juice.
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6. I ……………………. my phone on this table. I can’t find it now.
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The past perfect is not used to simply say that something happened sometime ago. The simple past is used with that meaning.
7. When I called her she ……………………… at once.
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8. Who ………………….. she ………………….. to?
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9. ‘You look tired.’ ‘Yes, I ……………………………..’
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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. I ………………………. two letters since lunchtime.
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Wrong!
11. That is the sixth cookie you …………………………. since morning.
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12. How long ………………….. you …………………….. English?
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Answers
- If I had the money, I would buy a car.
- If I had gone to university, I would have studied business.
- When I opened the window, the cat jumped in.
- I wondered if you were free this evening.
- I thought you might like some juice.
- I left my phone on this table. I can’t find it now.
- When I called her she came at once.
- Who is she talking to?
- ‘You look tired.’ ‘Yes, I have been running.’
- I have written two letters since lunchtime.
- That is the sixth cookie you have eaten since morning.
- How long have you been learning English?
