Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1I ............... running every morning.
Wrong!
Use "go" for a regular habit in the simple present.
2All parents ............... their children to succeed in life.
Wrong!
Use "want" because the plural subject "parents" takes the base verb in the simple present.
3The British once ............... many countries in Asia and Africa.
Wrong!
Use "ruled" for a finished past situation; "once" here means "formerly", and that rule is now over.
4Grandpa ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "called" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
5By the time he died, he ............... ill for two months.
Wrong!
Use "had been" with "by the time" for a situation that was already true before another past event.
6His father ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "died" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
7Rain-fed rivers ............... up in summer.
Wrong!
Use "dry" because the plural subject "rivers" takes the base verb in a general truth.
8Kind words ............... others joy.
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Use "give" because the plural subject "words" takes the base verb in the simple present.
9He ............... smoke a lot, but now he doesn’t.
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Use "used to" for a past habit that is no longer true.
10When we lived in the countryside, I ............... spend the evening working in my garden.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "would" or "used to" for a repeated past action.
11There ............... be a tea stall in that corner.
Wrong!
Use "used to" for a past state that no longer exists.
12They donated his organs so that he ............... live through others.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "would" or "might" to show the hoped-for result after "so that" in a past sentence.
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- 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 yesterday.
- By the time he died, he had been ill for two months.
- 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 would / used to spend the evening working in my garden.
- There used to be a tea stall in that corner.
- They donated his organs so that he would / might live through others.