Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1I ............... running every morning.
Wrong!
The simple present is used to talk about habitual actions.
2All parents ............... their children to succeed in life.
Wrong!
We use the simple present to talk about general truths.
3The British once ............... many countries in Asia and Africa.
Wrong!
The simple past is used to talk about finished events.
4Grandpa ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
5He ............... ill for two months before he died.
Wrong!
The past perfect is used for the earlier of two past events.
6His father ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
We do not use the present perfect with definite past time adverbs.
7Rain-fed rivers ............... up in summer.
Wrong!
Use the simple present to talk about a general truth.
8Kind words ............... others joy.
Wrong!
9He ............... smoke a lot but now he doesn’t.
Wrong!
We use used to to talk about past habits.
10When we lived in the countryside, I ............... spend the evening working in my garden.
Wrong!
11There ............... be a tea stall in that corner.
Wrong!
We can use used to talk about past states and past habits. Would cannot be used to talk about past states.
12They donated his organs so that he ............... live through others.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I go running every morning.
- All parents want their children to succeed in life.
- The British once ruled many countries in Asia and Africa.
- Grandpa called on yesterday.
- He had been ill for two months before he died.
- His father died yesterday.
- Rain-fed rivers dry up in summer.
- Kind words give others joy.
- He used to smoke a lot but now he doesn’t.
- When we lived in the countryside, I Either could be used here spend the evening working in my garden.
- There used to be a tea stall in that corner.
- They donated his organs so that he Either could be used here live through others.
