Fill in the blanks.
1. I ……………………….. a call from him in the morning.
The past simple is more common with expressions like in the morning.
2. He told me what ……………………
The past perfect is more appropriate to talk about the earlier of two past events.
3. If I had gone to university, I ……………………… an attorney.
In the third conditional we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
4. I heard them ………………………. in the other room.
Please select 2 correct answers
Either the gerund or the infinitive without to is possible here.
5. ………………………….. the truth.
6. I would rather you ……………………… another job.
The simple past is used after would rather.
7. It is high time he ……………………. smoking.
The past simple is used after it is high time.
8. When I met him yesterday I ……………………… him about my problems.
9. He was acquitted ………………………. the charges levelled against him.
10. We reached the theatre after the movie ………………………..
The past perfect is used for the earlier of the two past actions.
11. I waited for him but he ………………………….
12. You haven’t returned the vacuum cleaner you …………………….. from me.
Answers
1. I received a call from him in the morning.
2. He told me what had happened.
3. If I had gone to university, I would have become an attorney.
4. I heard them talk / talking in the other room.
5. Speak the truth.
6. I would rather you found another job.
7. It is high time he quit smoking.
8. When I met him yesterday I told him about my problems.
9. He was acquitted of the charges levelled against him.
10. We reached the theatre after the movie had begun.
11. I waited for him but he didn’t come.
12. You haven’t returned the vacuum cleaner you borrowed from me.
