Fill in the blanks.
1. Smoking cigarettes ……………………….. injurious to health.
Here the subject is the gerund smoking. Gerunds are treated as singular.
2. ……………………… stand there.
Imperative sentences are in the simple present tense. Since the subject is you, use a plural verb.
3. ……………………… this file with you.
Imperative sentences are in the simple present tense. Since the subject is you, use a plural verb.
4. She ………………………. younger than she actually is.
She is a singular subject, so use the verb looks. We use the simple present to talk about people's apperances.
5. There ………………………….. be a tall mango tree in that corner.
We use used to to talk about past states. Would cannot be used to express this meaning.
6. She asked me what I …………………………. doing there.
When the main verb is in the past tense, use a past tense verb in the subordinate clause.
7. She ………………………… in a factory.
We normally use the simple present to talk about people's jobs. The present continuous is used to talk about temporary arrangements.
8. We ………………………… hiking yesterday.
The simple past is used to say when something happened.
9. I ……………………………. a worse experience than this.
The present perfect is more appropriate here.
10. Does anybody ………………………….. who she is?
Use the bare infinitive after do, does and did.
11. I knew I …………………………… a mistake.
12. If I were you, I …………………………….. this.
In type 2 conditional, use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + bare infinitive in the main clause.
Answers
- Smoking cigarettes is injurious to health.
- Don’t stand there.
- Take this file with you.
- She looks younger than she actually is.
- There used to be a tall mango tree in that corner.
- She asked me what I was doing there.
- She works in a factory.
- We went hiking yesterday.
- I have never had a worse experience than this.
- Does anybody know who she is?
- I knew I was making a mistake.
- If I were you, I would not permit this.
