Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.
1She usually ............... short stories.
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Use "writes" for a regular activity in the present simple; "usually" signals a habit.
2I ............... there yesterday.
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Use "went" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
3We ............... a movie last night.
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Use "watched" with the finished past time expression "last night".
4He ............... here two days ago.
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Use "came" with the finished past time expression "two days ago".
5I sent him a letter last week, but he ............... yet.
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Use "hasn't replied" with "yet" when the result is relevant now.
6I ............... to the boss about my holidays yet.
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Use "haven't spoken" with "yet" to talk about something that has not happened up to now.
7The job ............... two weeks so far.
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Use "has taken" with "so far" for a situation that continues up to now.
8The hen ............... six eggs.
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Use "has laid" because "lay" means produce eggs and the present result is important.
9When I got home, they ............... dinner.
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Use "were having" for an action in progress when another past action happened.
10He said that he ............... her the year before.
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Use "had seen" for an earlier past action before the past reporting verb "said".
11He ............... on that bench for the last two hours.
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Use "has been sitting" for an action that started in the past and is still continuing.
12They ............... the whole matter.
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Use "discussed" directly before its object without a preposition.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- She usually writes short stories.
- I went there yesterday.
- We watched a movie last night.
- He came here two days ago.
- I sent him a letter last week, but he hasn’t replied yet.
- I haven’t spoken to the boss about my holidays yet.
- The job has taken two weeks so far.
- The hen has laid six eggs.
- When I got home, they were having dinner.
- He said that he had seen her the year before.
- He has been sitting on that bench for the last two hours.
- They discussed the whole matter.