Fill in the blanks.
1My brother ............... in Canada since 2005.
Wrong!
Use "has been working" for an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
2It ............... raining since morning.
Wrong!
Use "has not stopped" with "since" to describe a situation continuing up to now.
3I ............... you in a long time.
Wrong!
Use "have not met" with "in a long time" when speaking about time up to now.
4He ............... to me since the last committee meeting.
Wrong!
Use "has not spoken" with "since" to describe a period continuing up to now.
5I ............... him to go.
Wrong!
Use "told" before an object followed by an infinitive.
6The ship ...............
Wrong!
Use "sank" because ships sink, while people drown.
7The man ...............
Wrong!
Use "drowned" when a person dies in water.
8Six thousand francs ............... not much to Roucolle.
Wrong!
Use "was" because the amount is treated as one sum.
9Neither of the boys ............... returned.
Wrong!
Use "has" because "neither" takes a singular verb here.
10He ............... ill for six months before he died.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "was" and "had been" are acceptable for a state before a past event.
11The officer as well as his subordinates ............... guilty.
Wrong!
Use "is" because the verb agrees with "the officer," not with the phrase after "as well as."
12Neither of these statements ............... true.
Wrong!
Use "is" because "neither" takes a singular verb here.
Done.
Score: 0/12
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.
