Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. Be careful that you .............................. the patient.
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Wrong!
2. Don't copy everything your older brother .........................
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Wrong!
3. Try to coordinate the work so that the plasterers ............................. before the painters arrive.
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Wrong!
4. When she fell, she ……………………….. her wrist.
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To talk about finished events, use the past tense.
5. When the lens ……………………….., you get a fuzzy picture.
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Wrong!
6. His efforts to save the business ……………………… futile.
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Wrong!
Here the subject is the plural noun efforts; hence, we use a plural verb.
7. The soldier ……………………….. for his gallantry in action.
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Wrong!
A passive verb is required here because the subject is not the doer of the action.
8. The medicine made me feel too giddy and I ……………………….. to sit down.
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Wrong!
When one clause is in the past tense, the other clauses too will usually be in the past tense.
9. Florence Nightingale …………………….. for her good deeds.
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Wrong!
10. That green hat ………………………. with the blue dress.
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11. We naturally ........................... towards people who are kind to us.
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Use the simple present to talk about facts.
12. Hot weather always ……………………. me lethargic.
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Wrong!
Use the simple present to talk about facts.
Answers
- Be careful that you don’t disturb the patient.
- Don’t copy everything your older brother does.
- Try to coordinate the work so that the plasterers are finished before the painters arrive.
- When she fell, she fractured her wrist.
- When the lens isn’t focused, you get a fuzzy picture.
- His efforts to save the business were futile.
- The soldier was rewarded for his gallantry in action.
- The medicine made me feel too giddy and I had to sit down.
- Florence Nightingale was renowned for her good deeds.
- That green hat doesn’t go with the blue dress.
- We naturally gravitate towards people who are kind to us.
- Hot weather always makes me lethargic.
