Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. He ............................ with an accident yesterday.
To simply say that something happened in the past, use the past simple tense.
2. She ............................... with her parents since January.
The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
3. It ................................ matter.
It is a singular subject; hence, use does with it.
4. Where ..................................... all this while?
The present perfect is used to talk about time up to now.
5. She .............................. a bookstall in the town.
The simple present is used to talk about more permanent arrangements like people's jobs, vocations etc.
6. I ............................... a novel at the moment.
The present continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that is going on at the moment of speaking.
7. There is no point in closing the barn door after the horse ....................................
8. As soon as I .............................. the window, the cat jumped out.
9. He ................................. his studies before he went abroad.
The past perfect is more commonly used for the earlier of the two past actions.
10. He ................................. in Mumbai for six months when the pandemic hit the world.
11. Don't call them now. They .................................... lunch.
The future continuous is used to say that an action or situation will be in progress at a particular point of time in future. It is also used to make assumptions about the present time.
12. We ................................ the roof by evening.
Answers
- 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 detective 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.
- He had finished his studies before he went abroad.
- He had been working in Mumbai for six months when the pandemic hit the world.
- Don’t call them now. They will be having lunch.
- We will have finished the roof by evening.
