Fill in the blanks.
1. The farmers ……………………… the effect of the drought for years.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. The job ………………….. someone with a college education.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. She ………………………… her grandmother more than her mother.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. We were fearful that she ……………………….. harm herself.
Correct!
Wrong!
When the main clause is in the past tense, we use a past tense in the subordinate clause as well.
5. US Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both ……………………….. on July 4, 1826.
Correct!
Wrong!
We use the simple past to say when something happened.
6. You had better ………………………. that faulty stereo fixed.
Correct!
Wrong!
We use an infinitive without to after had better.
7. The old woman ………………………. so feeble that she couldn’t even walk.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. When she fell, she ……………………….. a fracture.
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Wrong!
9. Though it was cold, we ………………………… the picnic.
Correct!
Wrong!
When one verb is in the past tense, the other verbs are more likely to be in the past tense.
10. As she was the only applicant, she …………………………. the job.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. I would rather you ……………………………. me alone.
Correct!
Wrong!
A past tense is used after would rather to refer to the present or future.
12. She soon realized that she ……………………. trust him.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- The farmers felt the effect of the drought for years.
- The job demands someone with a college education.
- She favours her grandmother more than her mother.
- We were fearful that she might harm herself.
- US Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826.
- You had better get that faulty stereo fixed.
- The old woman was so feeble that she couldn’t even walk.
- When she fell, she suffered a fracture.
- Though it was cold, we enjoyed the picnic.
- As she was the only applicant, she got the job.
- I would rather you left me alone.
12. She soon realized that she couldn’t trust him.
