Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. Planets ……………………. round the sun.
Use the simple present to talk about facts.
2. She ……………………. strangers.
In the simple present tense we make questions and negatives with do and does. Use does with singular subjects.
3. They ……………………… in the morning.
We use the simple past to say that something happened at a particular point of time in the past.
4. I ……………………… any rest since morning.
Haven't had means the same as haven't got.
5. She ……………………… from work yet.
The present perfect is more common with expressions like yet, already, ever, never etc.
6. May I know the reason why .................................... to quit?
There is no inversion in reported questions.
7. You can’t meet him now. He ………………….. to Australia.
He has gone to Australia means he is still in Australia at the moment to speaking. He has been to Australia means he has visited Australia at some point of time in the past.
8. Have you ever ……………………… to New Zealand?
9. This time next week, I ……………………….. in France.
Use the future continuous to say that an activity will be in progress at a particular point of time in future.
10. The piper ……………………. the children to a river bank.
Led is the past tense of lead.
11. I ………………………. at 7 in the morning.
Use the past continuous to say that an activity was in progress at a particular point of time in the past.
12. I ………………………. in Mumbai for 12 years when I got transferred to Chennai.
Answers
1. Planets go round the sun.
2. She does not trust strangers.
3. They left in the morning.
4. I haven’t had any rest since morning.
5. She hasn’t returned from work yet.
6. May I know the reason why you want to quit?
7. You can’t meet him now. He has gone to Australia.
8. Have you ever been to New Zealand?
9. This time next week, I will be holidaying in France.
10. The piper led the children to a river bank.
11. I was jogging at 7 in the morning.
12. I had been working in Mumbai for 12 years when I got transferred to Chennai.
