Fill in the blanks.
1. My brother ……………………. in Canada since 2005.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the present perfect continuous to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
2. It ……………………. raining since morning.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use perfect or perfect continuous tense with the time expressions since and for.
3. I ………………………. you in a long time.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the present perfect tense to talk about time up to now.
4. He …………………… to me since the last committee meeting.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. I …………………….. him to go.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use tell before an object.
6. The ship …………………….
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Wrong!
Boats and ships sink; people and animals drown.
7. The man ………………………
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Wrong!
8. Six thousand francs …………………….. not much to Roucolle.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. Neither of the boys ……………………….. returned.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after either and neither.
10. He …………………….. ill for six months before he died.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either the simple past or past perfect can be used here.
11. The officer as well as his subordinates ……………………… guilty.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we connect two nouns with as well as, the verb agrees with the former noun in number and person.
12. Neither of these statements ………………………. true.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- My brother has been working in Canada since 2005.
- It has not stopped raining since morning.
- I have not met you in a long time.
- He has not spoken to me since the last committee meeting.
- I told him to go.
- The ship sank.
- The man drowned.
- Six thousand francs was not much to Roucolle.
- Neither of the boys has returned.
- He was / had been ill for six months before he died.
- The officer as well as his subordinates is guilty.
- Neither of these statements is true.
