1I ............... there for two hours, and then I went home.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "waited" for a finished action followed by another finished action in the past.
2She ............... six novels so far.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "has written" with "so far" to talk about a result up to now.
3He ............... from Las Vegas yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "returned" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
4See that you ............... no harm.
Wrong!
Use the base form "cause" after "see that" to express an instruction or requirement.
5The hostess made sure that the guests ............... enough to eat and drink.
Wrong!
Use the past simple "had" because the guests' situation is part of the same past event.
6You will get the job if you ............... in the interview.
Wrong!
Use the present simple "succeed" in the if-clause of a first conditional sentence.
7The doctor concluded that the man ............... several hours earlier.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect "had died" for the event that happened before the doctor's past conclusion.
8We ............... to hear from him for more than two weeks now.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect continuous "have been waiting" for an action that started in the past and continues now.
9The show ............... by the time we reached the theatre.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect "had begun" for the earlier of two past events.
10He ............... for work at 8:30.
Wrong!
Use the present simple "leaves" for a regular daily routine.
11Father ............... the newspaper every morning.
Wrong!
Use the present simple "reads" for a regular habit with "every morning".
12When I visited him, he ............... bed-ridden for months.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect "had been" for a state that continued up to a later point in the past.
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- I waited there for two hours, and then I went home.
- She has written six novels so far.
- He returned from Las Vegas yesterday.
- See that you cause no harm.
- The hostess made sure that the guests had enough to eat and drink.
- You will get the job if you succeed in the interview.
- The doctor concluded that the man had died several hours earlier.
- We have been waiting to hear from him for more than two weeks now.
- The show had begun by the time we reached the theatre.
- He leaves for work at 8:30.
- Father reads the newspaper every morning.
- When I visited him, he had been bed-ridden for months.