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Verbs Exercise

October 27, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

1. He ……………….. the pictures on the wall.

Correct! Wrong!

Hung is the past tense of hang when it means be suspended from above.

2. The man was ………………….. for murder.

Correct! Wrong!

When hang means to kill someone by hanging, its past tense is hanged.

3. I ……………………. him a moment ago.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect is not used with the time expression ago.

4. He ………………….. in 1995.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect is not used with past time expressions.

5. He ………………….. ill for about a month.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

6. He lost his phone shortly after he ………………………… it.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

The simple or the past perfect is possible here.

7. I …………………….. you for a long time.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

8. I ……………………… him to go.

Correct! Wrong!

Before a personal object, use tell.

9. Neither of the messengers ……………………….. returned.

Correct! Wrong!

Use a singular verb after either and neither.

10. The quality of the apples ………………………… not good.

Correct! Wrong!

Here the subject is the singular noun quality.

11. One of my sisters ………………………. abroad.

Correct! Wrong!

Here the subject is the singular noun one.

12. The mother cat with her kittens …………………………. hiding under the bed.

Correct! Wrong!

When we connect two subjects with 'with', the verb agrees with the first subject in number.

Answers

1. He hung the pictures on the wall.

2. The man was hanged for murder.

3. I saw him a moment ago.

4. He graduated in 1995.

5. He has been ill for about a month.

6. He lost his phone shortly after he bought / had bought it.

7. I haven’t seen you for a long time.

8. I told him to go.

9. Neither of the messengers has returned.

10. The quality of the apples was not good.

11. One of my sisters lives abroad.

12. The mother cat with her kittens is hiding under the bed.

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