Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1............... you know where she lives?
Wrong!
Use "Do" with "you" to form a present simple question.
2............... park in front of the shop.
Wrong!
Use "Don't" to make a negative imperative.
3............... your shoes off before entering the temple.
Wrong!
Use "Take" as the base verb in an imperative sentence.
4The world will run out of oil unless it ............... conservation.
Wrong!
Use "practices" after "unless" in a first conditional sentence.
5The police are looking for a woman who ............... her children.
Wrong!
Use "deserted" for a completed past action.
6She ............... on a new project at the moment.
Wrong!
Use "is working" for an action happening around now.
7She ............... to him for twenty years.
Wrong!
Use "has been married" for a state that started in the past and continues now.
8My cat ............... for over three weeks now.
Wrong!
Use "has been missing" for a continuing state up to now.
9If you had been careful, you ............... yourself.
Wrong!
Use "would not have injured" in the result clause of a third conditional sentence.
10As soon as she ..............., I told her the news.
Wrong!
Use "arrived" because the main action is in the past.
11The old woman ............... alone.
Wrong!
Use "lives" for a regular or permanent present situation.
12I asked him if he ............... my cat.
Wrong!
Use "had seen" for an earlier action reported after the past verb "asked".
Answers
- Do you know where she lives?
- Don’t park in front of the shop.
- Take your shoes off before entering the temple.
- The world will run out of oil unless it practices conservation.
- The police are looking for a woman who deserted her children.
- She is working on a new project at the moment.
- She has been married to him for twenty years.
- My cat has been missing for over three weeks now.
- If you had been careful, you would not have injured yourself.
- As soon as she arrived, I told her the news.
- The old woman lives alone.
- I asked him if he had seen my cat.
