Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1This ............... on for a while.
Wrong!
Use "has been going" for an action that started in the past and continues now.
2I asked around, but nobody ............... my cat.
Wrong!
Use "had seen" because the seeing would have happened before I asked around.
3He ............... ill for several months before he died.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "was" and "had been" can describe his illness before the later past event; "has been" is wrong because he is no longer alive.
4He ............... near the place where he was born.
Wrong!
Use "was buried" because the subject received the action.
5She ............... any interest in politics.
Wrong!
Use "doesn't have" with the third-person singular subject "She".
6The trains ............... late yesterday because of the snowstorm.
Wrong!
Use "were" with the plural subject "The trains" in the past simple with the finished time "yesterday".
7I missed the flight because I ...............
Wrong!
Use "overslept" for a completed past reason for missing the flight.
8She ............... with her parents ever since she lost her job.
Wrong!
Use "has been living" for a situation that began in the past and continues now.
9I know the man who ............... pens near the railway station.
Wrong!
Use "sells" for a regular activity or general fact.
10She ............... jobless since she moved to her village.
Wrong!
Use "has been" with "since" for a state that began in the past and continues now.
11By the time you return on Monday, they ............... the job.
Wrong!
Use "will have finished" for an action that will be completed before another future point (your return on Monday).
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Answers
- This has been going on for a while.
- I asked around, but nobody had seen my cat.
- He was / had been ill for several months before he died.
- He was buried near the place where he was born.
- She doesn’t have any interest in politics.
- The trains were late yesterday because of the snowstorm.
- I missed the flight because I overslept.
- She has been living with her parents ever since she lost her job.
- I know the man who sells pens near the railway station.
- She has been jobless since she moved to her village.
- By the time you return on Monday, they will have finished the job.