Fill in the blanks.
1I will open the umbrella if it ...............
Wrong!
Use "rains" in the if-clause when the main clause talks about a future result.
2People call the fire brigade when their house ............... fire.
Wrong!
Use "catches" for a general truth after "when".
3She passed her exam although she ............... a bad teacher.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "had" because the exam and the teacher are part of the same past situation; "had had" is also possible to stress that the bad teaching came before the exam.
4She began singing when she ............... three years old.
Wrong!
Use "was" to talk about her age at a finished time in the past.
5I hate ............... at weekends.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "hate", both "working" and "to work" are correct here.
6He looked a real fool when he ............... off the ladder.
Wrong!
Use "fell" for a completed event in a past-time clause.
7He ............... in France when he was young.
Wrong!
Use "lived" for a finished period in the past.
8This dish ............... two hours to prepare.
Wrong!
Use "takes" to describe a general fact about preparation time.
9If I had contested, I ...............
Wrong!
Use "could have won" for the possible result in a third conditional sentence.
10When did your interest in social work ...............?
Wrong!
After "did", use the base form "begin".
11What ............... you do yesterday?
Wrong!
Use "did" to ask about an action at a definite past time.
12It is time you ............... smoking.
Wrong!
After "It is time", use "stopped" to refer to something that should happen now.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- I will open the umbrella if it rains.
- People call the fire brigade when their house catches fire.
- She passed her exam although she had / had had a bad teacher.
- She began singing when she was three years old.
- I hate working / to work at weekends.
- He looked a real fool when he fell off the ladder.
- He lived in France when he was young.
- This dish takes two hours to prepare.
- If I had contested, I could have won.
- When did your interest in social work begin?
- What did you do yesterday?
- It is time you stopped smoking.