Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1He ............... with an accident yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "met" for a completed action at a definite past time, "yesterday".
2She ............... with her parents since January.
Wrong!
Use "has been staying" for an action that started in the past and continues now.
3It ............... matter.
Wrong!
Use "doesn't" with the singular subject "it" in the simple present negative.
4Where ............... all this while?
Wrong!
Use "have you been" to ask about the period up to now.
5She ............... a bookstall in the town.
Wrong!
Use "runs" for a regular activity or occupation in the simple present.
6I ............... a novel at the moment.
Wrong!
Use "am reading" for an action happening at the moment of speaking.
7There is no point in closing the barn door after the horse ...............
Wrong!
Use "has bolted" in this proverb because the result is relevant now.
8As soon as I ............... the window, the cat jumped out.
Wrong!
Use "opened" because both actions happened in sequence in the past.
9By the time he went abroad, he ............... his studies.
Wrong!
Use "had finished" for the earlier of two past actions; "by the time" shows it was completed before the second action.
10He ............... in Mumbai for six months when the pandemic hit the world.
Wrong!
Use "had been working" for an action continuing up to a past point in time.
11Don't call them now. They ............... lunch.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "are having" for an action happening now, or "will be having" to make an assumption about what they are doing now.
12We ............... the roof by evening.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "will have finished" for an action completed before a future time; "will finish ... by evening" is also correct.
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- He met with an accident yesterday.
- She has been staying with her parents since January.
- It doesn’t matter.
- Where have you been all this while?
- She runs a bookstall in the town.
- I am reading a novel at the moment.
- There is no point in closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.
- As soon as I opened the window, the cat jumped out.
- By the time he went abroad, he had finished his studies.
- He had been working in Mumbai for six months when the pandemic hit the world.
- Don’t call them now. They are having / will be having lunch.
- We will finish / will have finished the roof by evening.