Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. We ……………………………….. here for two hours.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present and is still continuing.
2. I ………………………….. to the movies once a month.
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Wrong!
Use the simple present to talk about habits, routines etc.
3. The train …………………………… the station at 3.30.
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Wrong!
Left is the past simple and past perfect form of leave.
4. He ……………………………….. a few miles away from the railway station.
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Wrong!
Use the simple present to talk about permanent arrangements like living places.
5. The road to the left ……………………………… to his house.
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Wrong!
Use the simple present to talk about facts.
6. I …………………………….. here for two weeks.
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Wrong!
7. He …………………………….. in Mexico.
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Wrong!
8. The train …………………………. early in the morning.
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Wrong!
The simple present is used to talk about future events that are part of a time table.
9. The weather …………………………… good today.
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Wrong!
10. The students …………………………….. on a picnic yesterday.
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Wrong!
The present perfect cannot be used with past time expressions.
11. I first ……………………………… her in a park.
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Wrong!
12. She ………………………… English really well.
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Wrong!
Answers
- We have been waiting here for two hours.
- I go to the movies once a month.
- The train left the station at 3.30.
- He lives a few miles away from the railway station.
- The road to the left leads to his house.
- I will be / am here for two weeks.
- He was born in Mexico.
- The train arrives early in the morning.
- The weather is good today.
- The students went on a picnic yesterday.
- I first met her in a park.
- She speaks English really well.
