Fill in the blanks
1. Come again tomorrow, ………………….?
2. Measles ……………………….. contagious.
The names of illnesses are usually uncountable in English and hence they take singular verbs.
3. Mathematics ……………………….. my favorite subject.
The nouns science, mathematics and physics are singular.
4. I …………………………. my professor yesterday.
To call on is to visit.
5. Either of these roads …………………………. to the railway station.
Use a singular verb after either and neither.
6. I ……………………….. in Mumbai from 2001 to 2015.
Use the simple past to talk about finished events.
7. Five applications …………………………. by the management.
In the simple past, the passive form is made with was/were + past participle form of the verb.
8. They are decorating the hall for the party. The hall ……………………………….. by them for the party.
The passive form of the present continuous is made with is/am/are + being + past participle.
9. I discussed this ……………………….. them.
10. They waited with ………………………… breath.
Bated breath means to hold one’s breath.
11. She ……………………………. on that project for six months.
The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
12. It …………………………… raining since yesterday.
It hasn’t stopped raining means the same as it has been raining.
Answers
1. Come again tomorrow, will you?
2. Measles is contagious.
3. Mathematics is my favorite subject.
4. I called on my professor yesterday.
5. Either of these roads leads to the railway station.
6. I lived in Mumbai from 2001 to 2015.
7. Five applications were accepted by the management.
8. They are decorating the hall for the party. The hall is being decorated by them for the party.
9. I discussed this with them.
10. They waited with bated breath.
11. She has been working on that project for six months.
12. It hasn’t stopped raining since yesterday.
