Fill in the blanks.
1. Always …………………….. the truth.
Please select 2 correct answers
2. She ………………….. a movie.
Use the present continuous to talk about ongoing actions or situations.
3. I …………………… my homework.
Use the present perfect when the focus is on the idea of completion.
4. We ………………….. to the movies last night.
We cannot use the present perfect with past time expressions like last night.
5. They ………………….. the job a week ago.
6. I ………………….. him to wait.
Use tell with a personal object.
7. He …………………… the pictures on the wall.
8. The hen …………………… six eggs.
9. I ………………….. it a moment ago.
10. When the guests arrived, I …………………….. my lunch.
We use the past continuous to talk about a longer background action that was going on while another action interrupted it.
11. He lost his watch shortly after he …………………….. it.
The simple past is possible here but the past perfect is considered more correct.
12. When I went there I found that the door …………………….
Answers
1. Always speak the truth.
2. She is watching a movie.
3. I have finished my homework.
4. We went to the movies last night.
5. They finished the job a week ago.
6. I told him to wait.
7. He hung the pictures on the wall.
8. The hen has laid six eggs.
9. I heard it a moment ago.
10. When the guests arrived, I was having my lunch.
11. He lost his watch shortly after he had bought it.
12. When I went there I found that the door was locked.
