Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form.
1I ............... up several times in the night.
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Use the past simple "woke" for a completed past event.
2My mother ............... delicious meals.
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Use the present simple third-person singular form "cooks" for a regular habit or general fact.
3She ............... the answer.
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Use the present simple negative form "does not know" with a third-person singular subject.
4The boys ............... in the garden when it started raining.
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Use the past continuous "were playing" for an action in progress when another past action happened.
5I ............... for him now.
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Use the present continuous "am waiting" for an action happening now.
6I ............... the parcel yesterday.
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Use the past simple "received" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
7I ............... that movie three times so far.
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Use the present perfect "have watched" with "so far" for experience up to now.
8Goats and cows ............... us milk.
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Use the plural present simple form "give" with the plural subject "goats and cows".
9Cows ............... on grass.
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Use the plural present simple form "feed" for a general fact.
10I ............... for his call since yesterday.
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Use the present perfect continuous "have been waiting" for an action continuing from the past until now.
11So far, I ............... all the novels written by Dickens except one.
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Use the present perfect "have read" with "so far" to show completion up to now.
12So far, she ............... in two films.
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Use the present perfect "has acted" with "so far" for experience up to now.
13He ............... nice portraits every weekend.
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Use the present simple third-person singular form "draws" with "every weekend" for a regular habit.
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Answers
- I woke up several times in the night.
- My mother cooks delicious meals.
- She does not know the answer.
- The boys were playing in the garden when it started raining.
- I am waiting for him now.
- I received the parcel yesterday.
- I have watched that movie three times so far.
- Goats and cows give us milk.
- Cows feed on grass.
- I have been waiting for his call since yesterday.
- So far, I have read all the novels written by Dickens except one.
- So far, she has acted in two films.
- He draws nice portraits every weekend.